Estimates for simple random walks on fundamental groups of surfaces

Bartholdi, Laurent; Cantat, Serge; Ceccherini, Tullio; De La Harpe, Pierre

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Estimates for simple random walks on fundamental groups of surfaces

ContributorsBartholdi, Laurent; Cantat, Serge; Ceccherini, Tullio; De La Harpe, Pierre

Published inColloquium Mathematicum, vol. 72, no. 1, p. 173-193

Publication date1997

Abstract

Numerical estimates are given for the spectral radius of simple random walks on Cayley graphs. Emphasis is on the case of the fundamental group of a closed surface, for the usual system of generators.

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arxiv : math.GR

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Faculté des sciences / Section de mathématiques

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BARTHOLDI, Laurent et al. Estimates for simple random walks on fundamental groups of surfaces. In: Colloquium Mathematicum, 1997, vol. 72, n° 1, p. 173–193.

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PID : unige:12704
arXiv : math/0612409v1

Journal ISSN0010-1354

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Estimates for simple random walks on fundamental groups of surfaces

Numerical estimates are given for the spectral radius of simple random walks on Cayley graphs. Emphasis is on the case of the fundamental group of a closed surface, for the usual system of generators.

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