Statistics of persistent events in the binomial random walk: Will the drunken sailor hit the sober man?

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 963-1019

  Bauer, M ^a   Godreche C ^b   Luck, J M ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Algebraic functions; Large deviations; Periodic critical amplitudes; Persistence; Random walk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033196701     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004636216365     Document Type: Article

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