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One-dimensional non-nearest-neighbor random walks in the presence of traps

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A one-dimensional lattice random walk in the presence ofm equally spaced traps is considered. The step length distribution is a symmetric exponential. An explicit analytic expression is obtained for the probability that the random walk will be trapped at thejth trapping site.

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  1. Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 20892, Bethesda, Maryland

    Robert J. Rubin

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Rubin, R.J. One-dimensional non-nearest-neighbor random walks in the presence of traps. J Stat Phys 65, 1207–1216 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01049607

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