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A simulated symmetric random walk on the integers, p=q=1/2, for 500 steps. It wanders far from zero and returns, with no tendency to settle. On the integers the symmetric walk has no limiting distribution.

A simulated symmetric random walk on the integers, p=q=1/2, for 500 steps. It wanders far from zero and returns, with no tendency to settle. On the integers the symmetric walk has no limiting distribution.

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Description. A simulated symmetric random walk on the integers, p=q=1/2, for 500 steps. It wanders far from zero and returns, with no tendency to settle. On the integers the symmetric walk has no limiting distribution.

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