On the average hitting times of the directed wheel

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Main Author: Tamura, Shunya
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Published: 2026
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author Tamura, Shunya
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contents In this paper, following the paper ``On the average hitting times of the squares of cycles,'' we provide an explicit formula for the average hitting times of a simple random walk on a directed graph with $N$ vertices, where the graph consists of a cycle with a single absorbing vertex at its center, using elementary methods. Also, we show that the average hitting times can be expressed in terms of the Fibonacci and Lucas numbers in general.
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spellingShingle On the average hitting times of the directed wheel
Tamura, Shunya
Combinatorics
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60F05, 05C50, 15A15
In this paper, following the paper ``On the average hitting times of the squares of cycles,'' we provide an explicit formula for the average hitting times of a simple random walk on a directed graph with $N$ vertices, where the graph consists of a cycle with a single absorbing vertex at its center, using elementary methods. Also, we show that the average hitting times can be expressed in terms of the Fibonacci and Lucas numbers in general.
title On the average hitting times of the directed wheel
topic Combinatorics
Probability
60F05, 05C50, 15A15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.18402