Random walk on a polygon
Author(s) -
Jyotirmoy Sarka
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
institute of mathematical statistics ebooks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Book series
DOI - 10.1214/074921706000000581
Subject(s) - clockwise , vertex (graph theory) , combinatorics , polygon (computer graphics) , random walk , mathematics , discrete mathematics , geometry , computer science , statistics , telecommunications , graph , rotation (mathematics) , frame (networking)
A particle moves among the vertices of an $(m+1)$-gon which are labeledclockwise as $0,1,...,m$. The particle starts at 0 and thereafter at each stepit moves to the adjacent vertex, going clockwise with a known probability $p$,or counterclockwise with probability $1-p$. The directions of successivemovements are independent. What is the expected number of moves needed to visitall vertices? This and other related questions are answered using recursiverelations.
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