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Where does randomness lead in spacetime?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2008

Ismael Bailleul  and
Albert Raugi
Ismael Bailleul
Affiliation:
Cambridge University; i.bailleul@statslab.cam.ac.uk
Albert Raugi
Affiliation:
Université Rennes 1; raugi@univ-rennes1.fr
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Abstract

We provide an alternative algebraic and geometric approach to the results of [I. Bailleul, Probab. Theory Related Fields141 (2008) 283–329] describing the asymptotic behaviour of the relativistic diffusion.

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Random walks on groupsPoisson boundaryspecial relativitycausal boundary.

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ESAIM: Probability and Statistics , Volume 14 , 2010 , pp. 16 - 52
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© EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2010

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