Random walk on a polygon
概率论
2007-06-13 v1 统计理论
统计理论
摘要
A particle moves among the vertices of an -gon which are labeled clockwise as . The particle starts at 0 and thereafter at each step it moves to the adjacent vertex, going clockwise with a known probability , or counterclockwise with probability . The directions of successive movements are independent. What is the expected number of moves needed to visit all vertices? This and other related questions are answered using recursive relations.
引用
@article{arxiv.math/0611676,
title = {Random walk on a polygon},
author = {Jyotirmoy Sarkar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0611676},
year = {2007}
}
备注
Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/074921706000000581 in the IMS Lecture Notes--Monograph Series (http://www.imstat.org/publications/lecnotes.htm) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)