A transient Markov chain with finitely many cutpoints

dc.creatorJames, Nicholas
dc.creatorLyons, Russell
dc.creatorPeres, Yuval
dc.date2007-06-13
dc.date2008-05-19
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:39:15Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:39:15Z
dc.descriptionWe give an example of a transient reversible Markov chain that almost surely has only a finite number of cutpoints. We explain how this is relevant to a conjecture of Diaconis and Freedman and a question of Kaimanovich. We also answer Kaimanovich's question when the Markov chain is a nearest-neighbor random walk on a tree.
dc.descriptionPublished in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/193940307000000365 the IMS Collections (http://www.imstat.org/publications/imscollections.htm) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0706.2013
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0706.2013
dc.identifierIMS Collections 2008, Vol. 2, 24-29
dc.identifierdoi:10.1214/193940307000000365
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/161102
dc.subjectProbability
dc.subject60J10 (Primary) 60J50 (Secondary)
dc.titleA transient Markov chain with finitely many cutpoints
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