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Curious properties of simple random walks

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A simple random walker on the line of integers shows remarkable similarities to relativistic particles.

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  1. W. Feller,An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Vol. 1, 3rd ed. (Wiley, New York, 1968).

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  1. Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, IL-84105, Beer-Sheba, Israel

    Shelomo I. Ben-Abraham

  2. Institut für Theoretische Physik der Universität Tübingen, D-72076, Tübingen, Germany

    Shelomo I. Ben-Abraham

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Ben-Abraham, S.I. Curious properties of simple random walks. J Stat Phys 73, 441–445 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01052773

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