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A Berry-Esseen Type Theorem on Nilpotent Covering Graphs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Satoshi Ishiwata*
Affiliation:
Insititute of Mathematics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba-shi Ibaraki, 305-8571, Japan e-mail: ishiwata@math.tsukuba.ac.jp
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Abstract

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We prove an estimate for the speed of convergence of the transition probability for a symmetric random walk on a nilpotent covering graph. To obtain this estimate, we give a complete proof of the Gaussian bound for the gradient of the Markov kernel.

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2004

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