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A Brief Study on Simple Random Walk in 1D

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In Part-I1 of this two-parted article, we discussed some aspects of symmetric and asymmetric random walk in 1D. The possibility that the walker might visit the starting point for the first time has been considered in the present part in detail.

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Suggested Reading

  1. Sven Erick Alm, Simple random walk, http://www2.nath.uu.se/∼sea/kurser/stokprocmn1/slumpvandring_eng.pdf.

  2. W. Feller, An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Vol.1, 3rd Edition, John Wiley Sons,Inc. 1967.

  3. J. Novak, Polya’s random walk theorem, https://math.mit.edu/classes/18.095/lect2/notes.pdf.

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We sincerely acknowledge all valuable comments and suggestions made by the anonymous referee, which helped us improve the quality of the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Physics, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Belur Math, Howrah, West Bengal, 711 202, India

    Arka Bhattacharyya

  2. Department of Physics, Scottish Church College, 1 & 3 Urquhart Square, Kolkata, 700 006, India

    Joydip Mitra & Satadal Bhattacharyya

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  1. Arka Bhattacharyya
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Correspondence to Arka Bhattacharyya, Joydip Mitra or Satadal Bhattacharyya.

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Arka Bhattacharyya is a MSc. student at the Department of Physics, RKMVERI, Belur.

Joydip Mitra is Assistant Professor of Physics at the Scottish Church College, Kolkata.

Satadal Bhattacharyya is Associate Professor of Physics at the Scottish Church College, Kolkata.

See Resonance, Vol.28, No.6, pp.945–958. 2023.

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Bhattacharyya, A., Mitra, J. & Bhattacharyya, S. A Brief Study on Simple Random Walk in 1D. Reson 28, 1107–1116 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-023-1640-2

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