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Three Favorite Edges Occurs Infinitely Often for One-Dimensional Simple Random Walk

Probability 2022-07-14 v3

Abstract

For a one-dimensional simple symmetric random walk (Sn)(S_n), an edge xx (between points x1x-1 and xx) is called a favorite edge at time nn if its local time at nn achieves the maximum among all edges. In this paper, we show that with probability 1 three favorite edges occurs infinitely often. Our work is inspired by T\'{o}th and Werner [Combin. Probab. Comput. {\bf 6} (1997) 359-369], and Ding and Shen [Ann. Probab. {\bf 46} (2018) 2545-2561], disproves a conjecture mentioned in Remark 1 on page 368 of T\'{o}th and Werner [Combin. Probab. Comput. {\bf 6} (1997) 359-369].

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@article{arxiv.2111.00688,
  title  = {Three Favorite Edges Occurs Infinitely Often for One-Dimensional Simple Random Walk},
  author = {Chen-Xu Hao and Ze-Chun Hu and Ting Ma and Renming Song},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.00688},
  year   = {2022}
}

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23 pages

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