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Random structures: walks, percolation and random geometry

Random structures: walks, percolation and random geometry

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How many of the 44=2564^4 = 256 walks of length 44 on Z2\Z^2 (steps (±1,0)(\pm1, 0), (0,±1)(0, \pm 1)) end at the origin?

Random structures: walks, percolation and random geometry

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On which of these graphs is simple random walk recurrent? (Choose all that apply.)

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Random structures: walks, percolation and random geometry

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In the rooted binary tree (root of degree 22, all other vertices of degree 33), what is the probability that simple random walk started at the root never returns to the root?

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Random structures: walks, percolation and random geometry

Warm-upHuman

How many edges of Z2\Z^2 join a vertex on the boundary of the square [−2,2]2[-2, 2]^2 to a vertex on the boundary of [−3,3]2[-3, 3]^2? (This is the cutset Π2\Pi_2 in the Nash-Williams argument.)

Random structures: walks, percolation and random geometry

CoreHuman

In Peierls' proof that pc(Z2)≥13p_c(\Z^2) \ge \frac13, which fact justifies the bound 4⋅3n−14 \cdot 3^{n-1} on the number of self-avoiding paths of length nn from the origin?

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Random structures: walks, percolation and random geometry

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In G(n,c/n)G(n, c/n) with c=2c = 2, roughly what fraction of the vertices lie in the largest component when nn is large?

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Random structures: walks, percolation and random geometry

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Which Lean statement says that the expected number of returns to the origin of simple random walk on Z\Z, ∑n(2nn)4−n\sum_n \binom{2n}{n}4^{-n}, is infinite?

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Random structures: walks, percolation and random geometry

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Which of these are established theorems (not conjectures or numerical observations)? (Choose all that apply.)

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Random structures: walks, percolation and random geometry

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Write return_prob_1d(n) returning P(S2n=0)=(2nn)/4nP(S_{2n} = 0) = \binom{2n}{n}/4^n for simple random walk on Z\Z as an exact Fraction, return_prob_2d(n) returning the probability for Z2\Z^2 (use the rotation trick), and expected_visits(f, N) returning ∑n=0Nf(n)\sum_{n=0}^{N} f(n). The tests check exact values and the slow growth of the 2D sum.

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Random structures: walks, percolation and random geometry

CoreHuman

Simple random walk on Z\Z returns to 00 with probability 11. What is the expected time E[T]E[T] of the first return?

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