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Occupancy of a single site by many random walkers

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We consider an infinite number of noninteracting lattice random walkers with the goal of determining statistical properties of the time, out of a total time T, that a single site has been occupied by n random walkers. Initially the random walkers are assumed uniformly distributed on the lattice except for the target site at the origin, which is unoccupied. The random-walk model is taken to be a continuous-time random walk and the pausing-time density at the target site is allowed to differ from the pausing-time density at other sites. We calculate the dependence of the mean time of occupancy by n random walkers as a function of n and the observation time T. We also find the variance for the cumulative time during which the site is unoccupied. The large-T behavior of the variance differs according as the random walk is transient or recurrent. It is shown that the variance is proportional to T at large T in three or more dimensions, it is proportional to T3/2 in one dimension and to TlnT in two dimensions.

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BOGUÑÁ, Marián, BEREZHKOVSKII, A. m., WEISS, George h. (george herbert). Occupancy of a single site by many random walkers. _Physical Review E_. 2000. Vol. 62, núm. 3, pàgs. 3250-3256. [consulta: 20 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 1063-651X. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/18825]

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