Random structures: walks, percolation and random geometry
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How many of the walks of length on (steps , ) end at the origin?
On which of these graphs is simple random walk recurrent? (Choose all that apply.)
In the rooted binary tree (root of degree , all other vertices of degree ), what is the probability that simple random walk started at the root never returns to the root?
How many edges of join a vertex on the boundary of the square to a vertex on the boundary of ? (This is the cutset in the Nash-Williams argument.)
In Peierls' proof that , which fact justifies the bound on the number of self-avoiding paths of length from the origin?
In with , roughly what fraction of the vertices lie in the largest component when is large?
Which Lean statement says that the expected number of returns to the origin of simple random walk on , , is infinite?
Which of these are established theorems (not conjectures or numerical observations)? (Choose all that apply.)
Write return_prob_1d(n) returning for simple random walk on as an exact Fraction, return_prob_2d(n) returning the probability for (use the rotation trick), and expected_visits(f, N) returning . The tests check exact values and the slow growth of the 2D sum.
Simple random walk on returns to with probability . What is the expected time of the first return?