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Frequent points for random walks in two dimensions

Probability 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

For a symmetric random walk in Z2Z^2 which does not necessarily have bounded jumps we study those points which are visited an unusually large number of times. We prove the analogue of the Erd\H{o}s-Taylor conjecture and obtain the asymptotics for the number of visits to the most visited site. We also obtain the asymptotics for the number of points which are visited very frequently by time nn. Among the tools we use are Harnack inequalities and Green's function estimates for random walks with unbounded jumps; some of these are of independent interest.

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@article{arxiv.math/0607636,
  title  = {Frequent points for random walks in two dimensions},
  author = {Richard F. Bass and Jay Rosen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0607636},
  year   = {2007}
}