Random walks on wreath products of groups

Journal of Theoretical Probability

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 667-693

  Schoolfield Jr , Clyde H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complete monomial group; Fourier transform; Generalized symmetric group; Hyperoctahedral group; Markov chain; Random walk; Wreath product

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141739237     PISSN: 08949840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016219932004     Document Type: Article

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