1. Statistics of two-dimensional random walks, the 'cyclic sieving phenomenon' and the Hofstadter model
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Mashkevich, Stefan, Ouvry, Stéphane, and Polychronakos, Alexios
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Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics ,High Energy Physics - Theory ,Mathematical Physics - Abstract
We focus on the algebraic area probability distribution of planar random walks on a square lattice with $m_1$, $m_2$, $l_1$ and $l_2$ steps right, left, up and down. We aim, in particular, at the algebraic area generating function $Z_{m_1,m_2,l_1,l_2}(Q)$ evaluated at $Q=e^{2\i\pi\over q}$, a root of unity, when both $m_1-m_2$ and $l_1-l_2$ are multiples of $q$. In the simple case of staircase walks, a geometrical interpretation of $Z_{m,0,l,0}(e^\frac{2i\pi}{q})$ in terms of the cyclic sieving phenomenon is illustrated. Then, an expression for $Z_{m_1,m_2,l_1,l_2}(-1)$, which is relevant to the Stembridge's case, is proposed. Finally, the related problem of evaluating the n-th moments of the Hofstadter Hamiltonian in the commensurate case is addressed., Comment: 13 pages, LaTeX 2e
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- 2015
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