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arxiv: math/0611676 · v1 · submitted 2006-11-22 · 🧮 math.PR · math.ST· stat.TH

Random walk on a polygon

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A particle moves among the vertices of an $(m+1)$-gon which are labeled clockwise as $0,1,...,m$. The particle starts at 0 and thereafter at each step it moves to the adjacent vertex, going clockwise with a known probability $p$, or counterclockwise with probability $1-p$. 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.

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