Linear cover time is exponentially unlikely

Itai Benjamini; Ori Gurel-Gurevich; Ben Morris

doi:10.1007/s00440-011-0403-2

Linear cover time is exponentially unlikely

Itai Benjamini, Ori Gurel-Gurevich^*, Ben Morris

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Abstract

We show that the probability that a simple random walk covers a finite, bounded degree graph in linear time is exponentially small. We conjecture that the same holds for any simple graph.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	451-461
Number of pages	11
Journal	Probability Theory and Related Fields
Volume	155
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00440-011-0403-2
State	Published - Feb 2013
Externally published	Yes

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