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Fluctuation theory for the Ehrenfest urn via electric networks

Part of: Combinatorial probability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

José Luis Palacios
José Luis Palacios*
Affiliation:
New Jersey Institute of Technology
*
∗Postal address: Department of Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.
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Abstract

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Using the electric network approach, we give very simple derivations for the expected first passage from the origin to the opposite vertex in the d-cube (i.e. the Ehrenfest urn model) and the Platonic graphs.

Keywords

FIRST PASSAGEEFFECTIVE RESISTANCE

MSC classification

Primary: 60C05: Combinatorial probability
Type
Letters to the Editor
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 472 - 476
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1993 

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