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Random Walks On Thompson's Group F, Sarah C. Ghandour Jan 2016

Random Walks On Thompson's Group F, Sarah C. Ghandour

Senior Projects Fall 2016

In this paper we consider the statistical properties of random walks on Thompson’s group F . We use two-way forest diagrams to represent elements of F . First we describe the random walk of F by relating the steps of the walk to the possible interactions between two-way forest diagrams and the elements of {x0,x1}, the finite generating set of F, and their inverses. We then determine the long-term probabilistic and recurrence properties of the walk.