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Unique ergodicity of simple symmetric random walks on the circle

Dynamical Systems 2024-04-04 v2 Probability

Abstract

Fix an irrational number α\alpha and a smooth, positive, real function p\mathfrak{p} on the circle. If current position is xR/Zx\in \mathbb R/\mathbb Z then in the next step jump to x+αx+\alpha with probability p(x)\mathfrak{p}(x) or to xαx-\alpha with probability 1p(x)1-\mathfrak{p}(x). In 1999 Sinai has proven that if p\mathfrak{p} is asymmetric (in certain sense) or α\alpha is Diophantine then the Markov process possesses a unique stationary distribution. Next year Conze and Guivarc'h showed the uniqueness of stationary distribution for an arbitrary irrational angle α\alpha. In this note we present a new proof of latter result.

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@article{arxiv.2301.01496,
  title  = {Unique ergodicity of simple symmetric random walks on the circle},
  author = {Klaudiusz Czudek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.01496},
  year   = {2024}
}

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The article has been merged with arXiv:2305.14559