Random walks in noninteger dimension

DOI10.1063/1.530778MaRDI QIDQ4296095zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Stefan Boettcher, Lawrence R. Mead, Carl M. Bender

Publication date 15 June 1994

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-lat/9311011

zbMATH Keywords

Green's functionsquantum field theoryrandom walk on a hypercubic latticeRiemann zeta functionrotationally symmetric geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sums of independent random variables; random walks (60G50) Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41)

Abstract: One can define a random walk on a hypercubic lattice in a space of integer dimension $D$. For such a process formulas can be derived that express the probability of certain events, such as the chance of returning to the origin after a given number of time steps. These formulas are physically meaningful for integer values of $D$. However, these formulas are unacceptable as probabilities when continued to noninteger $D$ because they give values that can be greater than $1$ or less than $0$. In this paper we propose a random walk which gives acceptable probabilities for all real values of $D$. This $D$-dimensional random walk is defined on a rotationally-symmetric geometry consisting of concentric spheres. We give the exact result for the probability of returning to the origin for all values of $D$ in terms of the Riemann zeta function. This result has a number-theoretic interpretation.

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