The strong Liouville property for a class of random walks (Q749045)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4172101
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    The strong Liouville property for a class of random walks
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4172101

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      The strong Liouville property for a class of random walks (English)
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      We prove that a positive harmonic function for a symmetric or centered irreducible probability measure on a countable group of polynomial growth of bounded order must be a constant. Put another way, the random walks associated to such measures have trivial Martin boundaries.
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      Liouville property
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      polynomial growth of bounded order
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      Martin boundaries
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