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Surprise probabilities in Markov chains
James Norris, Yuval Peres, Alex Zhai
In a Markov chain started at a state , the hitting time is the first time that the chain reaches another state . We study the probability that…
math.PR2014
Exponential concentration of cover times
Alex Zhai
We prove an exponential concentration bound for cover times of general graphs in terms of the Gaussian free field, extending the work of Ding-Lee-Peres and Ding. The estimate is as…