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The moments of the random variable for the number of returns of a simple random walk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Adrienne W. Kemp
Adrienne W. Kemp*
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews
*
∗Postal address: Department of Statistics, The North Haugh, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Scotland.
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Abstract

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The number of returns to the origin for a simple random walk starting and ending at the origin is reconsidered; closed-form expressions in μ are given for μ3 and μ4.

Keywords

RETURNS TO ORIGINDIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONGENERALIZED HYPERGEOMETRIC FUNCTION
Type
Letters to the Editor
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , June 1987 , pp. 505 - 507
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1987 

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