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Random walks on Baumslag-Solitar groups

Probability 2017-11-16 v3 Group Theory

Abstract

We consider random walks on non-amenable Baumslag-Solitar groups BS(p,q) and describe their Poisson-Furstenberg boundary. The latter is a probabilistic model for the long-time behaviour of the random walk. In our situation, we identify it in terms of the space of ends of the Bass-Serre tree and the real line using Kaimanovich's strip criterion.

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@article{arxiv.1510.00833,
  title  = {Random walks on Baumslag-Solitar groups},
  author = {Johannes Cuno and Ecaterina Sava-Huss},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.00833},
  year   = {2017}
}

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24 pages, 7 figures, v3: revision implementing the suggestions of the reviewer

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