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We obtain a sufficient condition for the sample paths of a Lévy process to contain multiple points. Our condition is close to one conjectured by Hendricks and Taylor.
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Evans, S.N. Multiple points in the sample paths of a Lévy process. Probab. Th. Rel. Fields 76, 359–367 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01297491
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