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A note on spider walks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2012

Christophe Gallesco
Affiliation:
Instituto de Matemática e Estatística, Universidade de São Paulo, rua do Matão 1010, CEP 05508–090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. gallesco@ime.usp.br
Sebastian Müller
Affiliation:
Institut für Mathematische Strukturtheorie, Technische Universität Graz, Steyrergasse 30, 8010 Graz, Austria. dr.sebastian.mueller@gmail.com
Serguei Popov
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computation, University of Campinas–UNICAMP, rua Sérgio Buarque de Holanda 651, CEP 13083–859, Campinas SP, Brazil. popov@ime.unicamp.br; http://www.ime.unicamp.br/~popov
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Abstract

Spider walks are systems of interacting particles. The particles move independently as long as their movements do not violate some given rules describing the relative position of the particles; moves that violate the rules are not realized. The goal of this paper is to study qualitative properties, as recurrence, transience, ergodicity, and positive rate of escape of these Markov processes.

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Research Article
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© EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2011

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