Two-Dimensional Random Walk - From Path Counting to Random Interlacements (Hardcover)

The main subject of this introductory book is simple random walk on the integer lattice, with special attention to the two-dimensional case. This fascinating mathematical object is the point of departure for an intuitive and richly illustrated tour of related topics at the active edge of research. It starts with three different proofs of the recurrence of the two-dimensional walk, via direct combinatorial arguments, electrical networks, and Lyapunov functions. After reviewing some relevant potential-theoretic tools, the reader is guided toward the relatively new topic of random interlacements - which can be viewed as a 'canonical soup' of nearest-neighbour loops through infinity - again with emphasis on two dimensions. On the way, readers will visit conditioned simple random walks - which are the 'noodles' in the soup - and also discover how Poisson processes of infinite objects are constructed and review the recently introduced method of soft local times. Each chapter ends with many exercises, making it suitable for courses and independent study.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Institute of Mathematical Statistics Textbooks
Release date:	March 2021
Authors:	Serguei Popov
Dimensions:	235 x 160 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-47245-6
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Probability & statistics Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Calculus & mathematical analysis > Vector & tensor analysis Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Stochastics Promotions
LSN:	1-108-47245-1
Barcode:	9781108472456

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