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We consider one-dimensional excited random walks (ERWs) with periodic cookie stacks in the recurrent regime. We prove functional limit theorems for these walks which extend the previous results of D. Dolgopyat and E. Kosygina for excited…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-04-13 Elena Kosygina , Jonathon Peterson

Fix integers $d \geq 2$ and $k\geq d-1$. Consider a random walk $X_0, X_1, \ldots$ in $\mathbb{R}^d$ in which, given $X_0, X_1, \ldots, X_n$ ($n \geq k$), the next step $X_{n+1}$ is uniformly distributed on the unit ball centred at $X_n$,…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-01-16 Francis Comets , Mikhail V. Menshikov , Andrew R. Wade

Using renewal times and Girsanov's transform, we prove that the speed of the excited random walk is infinitely differentiable with respect to the bias parameter in $(0,1)$ for the dimension $d\ge 2$. At the critical point $0$, using a…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-06-24 Cong Dan Pham

We consider biased random walks in a one-dimensional percolation model. This model goes back to Axelson-Fisk and H\"aggstr\"om and exhibits the same phase transition as biased random walk on the infinite cluster of supercritical Bernoulli…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-08-10 Jan-Erik Lübbers , Matthias Meiners

We are studying the motion of a random walker in two and three dimensional continuum with uniformly distributed jump-length. This is different from conventional Lavy flight. In 2D and 3D continuum, a random walker can move in any direction,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-08 Ajanta Bhowal Acharyya

We study a random walk on $\mathbb{Z}$ which evolves in a dynamic environment determined by its own trajectory. Sites flip back and forth between two modes, $p$ and $q$. $R$ consecutive right jumps from a site in the $q$-mode are required…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-03-05 Ross G. Pinsky , Nicholas F. Travers

We set the ground for a theory of quantum walks on graphs- the generalization of random walks on finite graphs to the quantum world. Such quantum walks do not converge to any stationary distribution, as they are unitary and reversible.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Dorit Aharonov , Andris Ambainis , Julia Kempe , Umesh Vazirani

We consider excited random walks (ERWs) on integers with a bounded number of i.i.d. cookies per site without the non-negativity assumption on the drifts induced by the cookies. Kosygina and Zerner [KZ08] have shown that when the total…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-07-29 Elena Kosygina , Thomas Mountford

We propose a general framework for quantum walks on d-dimensional spaces. We investigate asymptotic behavior of these walks. Among them, existence of limit distribution of homogeneous walks is proved. In this theorem, the support of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-05-19 Hiroki Sako

We describe scaling limits of recurrent excited random walks (ERWs) on integers in i.i.d. cookie environments with a bounded number of cookies per site. We allow both positive and negative excitations. It is known that ERW is recurrent if…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-05-15 Dmitry Dolgopyat , Elena Kosygina

We prove general sufficient conditions for zero velocity in position dependent one-dimensional quantum walks, and hence for the absence of ballistic transport. Our starting point is a general a priori upper bound on the velocity, formulated…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-23 Houssam Abdul-Rahman , Thomas A. Jackson , Yousef Salah

We study the speed of a biased random walk on a percolation cluster on $\Z^d$ in function of the percolation parameter $p$. We obtain a first order expansion of the speed at $p=1$ which proves that percolating slows down the random walk at…

Probability · Mathematics 2010-11-18 Alexander Fribergh

Random walks on graphs can be slow. To speed them up, imagine that at each step instead of choosing the neighbor at random, there is a small probability $\varepsilon>0$ that we can choose it. We show that in this case, at least for graphs…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Boris Bukh , Quentin Dubroff

We show that for an i.i.d. bounded and weakly elliptic cookie environment, one dimensional excited random walk on the $k$-time leftover environment is right transient if and only if $\delta > k+1$ and has positive speed if and only if…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-04-05 Gideon Amir , Tal Orenshtein

In recent years, there has been an interest in deriving certain important probabilistic results as consequences of deterministic ones; see for instance \cite{beig} and \cite{acc}. In this work, we continue on this path by deducing a well…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-03-02 Maher Boudabra , Greg Markowsky

We develop techniques to obtain rigorous bounds on the behaviour of random walks on combs. Using these bounds we calculate exactly the spectral dimension of random combs with infinite teeth at random positions or teeth with random but…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Bergfinnur Durhuus , Thordur Jonsson , John Wheater

Exploiting the coherent medium approximation, random walk among sites distributed randomly in space is investigated when the jump rate depends on the distance between two adjacent sites. In one dimension, it is shown that when the jump rate…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-09-27 Takashi Odagaki

A spider consists of several, say $N$, particles. Particles can jump independently according to a random walk if the movement does not violate some given restriction rules. If the movement violates a rule it is not carried out. We consider…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-03-13 Christophe Gallesco , Sebastian Muller , Serguei Popov , Marina Vachkovskaia

The distribution of the first positive position reached by a random walker starting from the origin is fundamental for understanding the statistics of extremes and records in one-dimensional random walks. We present a comprehensive study of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-09-03 Claude Godrèche , Jean-Marc Luck

We consider the limit behavior of a one-dimensional random walk with unit jumps whose transition probabilities are modified every time the walk hits zero. The invariance principle is proved in the scheme of series where the size of…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-11-08 Andrey Pilipenko , Vladislav Khomenko