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EPL Association, European Physical Society Letters, 5(65), p. 627-632

DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2003-10165-4

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Iterated random walk

Journal article published in 2003 by L. Turban ORCID
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Abstract

The iterated random walk is a random process in which a random walker moves on a one-dimensional random walk which is itself taking place on a one-dimensional random walk, and so on. This process is investigated in the continuum limit using the method of moments. When the number of iterations goes to infinity, a time-independent asymptotic density is obtained. It has a simple symmetric exponential form which is stable against the modification of a finite number of iterations. When n is large, the deviation from the stationary density is exponentially small in n. The continuum results are compared to Monte Carlo data for the discrete iterated random walk. ; Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures