• 1 Pólya’s theorem
  • 2 Random walks ▶
    • 2.1 Random walks on the \(d\)-dimensional integer grid
  • 3 Recurrence and transience ▶
    • 3.1 Basic definition
    • 3.2 Equivalent conditions
  • 4 Occupations and Green’s functions of random walks ▶
    • 4.1 Regularized occupation ▶
      • Regularized occupation of a walk
      • Regularized occupation of a random walk
    • 4.2 Green’s function
    • 4.3 Expected occupation from the Green’s function
  • 5 Fourier transform of Green’s function ▶
    • 5.1 Fourier transform of the regularized Green’s function
    • 5.2 Explicit formula for the Fourier transform
    • 5.3 Inversion of the discrete Fourier transform
  • 6 Treatment of the integral in the Fourier inversion ▶
    • 6.1 Decomposition of the integral
    • 6.2 Dominated convergence away from the origin
    • 6.3 Monotone convergence near the origin
    • 6.4 Characterizing finiteness of the integral for simple random walk
  • Dependency graph

Pólya’s theorem

Alma Nevalainen Niklas Halonen Kalle Kytölä

  • 1 Pólya’s theorem
  • 2 Random walks
    • 2.1 Random walks on the \(d\)-dimensional integer grid
  • 3 Recurrence and transience
    • 3.1 Basic definition
    • 3.2 Equivalent conditions
  • 4 Occupations and Green’s functions of random walks
    • 4.1 Regularized occupation
      • Regularized occupation of a walk
      • Regularized occupation of a random walk
    • 4.2 Green’s function
    • 4.3 Expected occupation from the Green’s function
  • 5 Fourier transform of Green’s function
    • 5.1 Fourier transform of the regularized Green’s function
    • 5.2 Explicit formula for the Fourier transform
    • 5.3 Inversion of the discrete Fourier transform
  • 6 Treatment of the integral in the Fourier inversion
    • 6.1 Decomposition of the integral
    • 6.2 Dominated convergence away from the origin
    • 6.3 Monotone convergence near the origin
    • 6.4 Characterizing finiteness of the integral for simple random walk