Random Walk in the Presence of Absorbing Barriers

DOI10.1214/aoms/1177731171zbMath0060.29101OpenAlexW2039311505MaRDI QIDQ5836193

Mark Kac

Publication date: 1945

Published in: The Annals of Mathematical Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aoms/1177731171

zbMATH Keywords

probability theory

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