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Random walks on regular trees can not be slowed down

Probability 2025-11-04 v1

Abstract

A random walk on a regular tree (or any non-amenable graph) has positive speed. We ask whether such a walk can be slowed down by applying carefully chosen time-dependent permutations of the vertices. We prove that on trees the random walk can not be slowed down.

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@article{arxiv.2302.00760,
  title  = {Random walks on regular trees can not be slowed down},
  author = {Omer Angel and Jacob Richey and Yinon Spinka and Amir Yehudayoff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.00760},
  year   = {2025}
}

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17 pages

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