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Random Walk: A Modern Introduction (2010) [pdf]

by Anon84 on 6/12/25, 2:25 PM with 7 comments

  • by Matumio on 6/16/25, 7:48 PM

    If you prefer short video lectures, Complexity Explorer also has a Random Walks tutorial: https://www.complexityexplorer.org/courses/46-random-walks

    It's a bit more visual, but still gets quite math-y enough for my taste.

  • by almostgotcaught on 6/16/25, 5:12 AM

    I'll never figure out why people post this kind of stuff here (and then it gets upvoted). there's literally nothing "hacker" related or even novel about these notes - it's just bog standard stochastic process. like these are just notes for some grad class or something. invariably someone will pop in and respond to my complaint saying "well actually I used everything in these notes for a project 10 years ago". ok. it strikes me, strongly, as just weird virtue signaling.