Excited random walk with periodic cookies

Abstract: In this paper we consider an excited random walk on

m a t h b b Z

in identically piled periodic environment. This is a discrete time process on

m a t h b b Z

defined by parameters

(p_{1}, d o t s p_{M}) i n [0, 1]^{M}

for some positive integer

M

, where the walker upon the

i

-th visit to

z i n m a t h b b Z

moves to

z + 1

with probability

p_{i p m o d M}

, and moves to

z - 1

with probability

1 - p_{i p m o d M}

. We give an explicit formula in terms of the parameters

(p_{1}, d o t s, p_{M})

which determines whether the walk is recurrent, transient to the left, or transient to the right. In particular, in the case that

f r a c 1 M s u m_{i = 1}^{M} p_{i} = f r a c 12

all behaviors are possible, and may depend on the order of the

p_{i}

. Our framework allows us to reprove some known results on ERW with no additional effort.

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