An Explicit Formula of Hitting Times for Random Walks on Graphs

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作者
Xu, Hao [1 ,2 ]
Yau, Shing-Tung [3 ]
机构
[1] Zhejiang Univ, Ctr Math Sci, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Math, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
[3] Harvard Univ, Dept Math, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
关键词
Random walk; hitting time; spanning tree; DISCRETE GREENS-FUNCTIONS; CONNECTED GRAPH;
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O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
We prove an explicit formula of hitting times in terms of enumerations of spanning trees for random walks on general connected graphs. We apply the formula to improve Lawler's bound of hitting times for general graphs and derive closed formulas of hitting times for some special graphs.
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页码:567 / 581
页数:15
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