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The Poisson boundary of random rational affinities

Probability 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The group of affine transformations with rational coefficients acts naturally on the real line, but also on the pp-adic fields. The aim of this note is to show that, for random walks whose laws have a finite first moment, all these actions are necessary and sufficient to describe the Poisson boundary, which is in fact the product of all the fields that contract in mean.

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@article{arxiv.math/0403198,
  title  = {The Poisson boundary of random rational affinities},
  author = {Sara Brofferio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0403198},
  year   = {2007}
}

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13 pages