Return statistics of simple random walks (Q1923406)
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Return statistics of simple random walks (English)
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7 October 1996
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It is illustrated how to compute the moments of the number of returns of a symmetric random walk to the origin and the number of times where the walk reaches its maximum by the so-called method of combinatorial constructions and their associated generating functions.
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random walks
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generating functions
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moments
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singularity analysis
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