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arxiv: 1812.03059 · v1 · pith:DK4XFPGUnew · submitted 2018-12-07 · 🧮 math.PR

Ladder Chains: A Variation of Random Walks

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keywords ladderchainsrandomwalkshittingprobabilityrecurrenceruin
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The authors propose a new variation of random walks called ladder chains $L(r,s,p)$. We extend concepts such as ruin probability, hitting time, transience and recurrence of random walks to ladder chain. Take $L(2,2,p)$ for instance, we find the linear difference equations that the ruin probability and the hitting time satisfy. We also prove the recurrence of a critical case $(p=\sqrt{2}-1)$. All approaches of these results can be generalized to solve similar problems for other ladder chains.

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