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We study the behavior of three “vicious” random walkers which diffuse freely in one dimension witharbitrary diffusivitiesb 21 ,b 22 ,b 23 , except that their paths may not cross. The full distribution function is calculated exactly in the continuum limit; the exponent ψ3 governing the decay of the probability\(R_n^{(3)} \sim 1/n^{\psi _3 } \) of a simultaneousreunion of all three walkers aftern steps is found to varycontinuously according to\(\psi _3 = 1 + \pi /\cos ^{ - 1} \left\{ {b_2^2 /\left[ {(b_1^2 + b_2^2 )(b_2^2 + b_3^2 )} \right]^{1/2} } \right\}\). This variation has consequences for various interfacial wetting transitions in (1+1) dimensions. It may also be related heuristically to the marginality of direct interface-wall interactions decaying asW 0/l 2 in the intermediate fluctuation regime of (1+1)-dimensional wetting, where exponents varying continuously withW 0 have recently been found.
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Fisher, M.E., Gelfand, M.P. The reunions of three dissimilar vicious walkers. J Stat Phys 53, 175–189 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01011551
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01011551