Probabilistic formula for the energy-kernel representative on infinite resistance networks

Let GG be an infinite resistance network with origin oo, and let vxv_x be the representative of an element of the energy kernel normalized by vx(o)=0v_x(o)=0. Write RF(o,x)R^F(o,x) for the free effective resistance between oo and xx, let τz\tau_z denote the hitting time of zz, and let C<|\mathcal{C}|<\infty denote the event that the random-walk trajectory is bounded, meaning that it is contained in a finite subnetwork of GG. Probabilistic formula for the energy-kernel representative. For xox\ne o, the function vxv_x is given by

vx(y)=RF(o,x)Py[τx<τoC<].v_x(y)=R^F(o,x)\,\mathbb{P}_y[\tau_x<\tau_o\mid |\mathcal{C}|<\infty].

Thus the random walk is conditioned to lie entirely in some finite subnetwork. The conjecture proposes an extension of the corresponding probabilistic formula from finite resistance networks to infinite ones; the source explicitly presents the accompanying argument as an erroneous proof, so the formula remains unverified here.

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Palle E. T. Jorgensen and Erin P. J. Pearse, “Operator theory of electrical resistance networks”, arXiv:0806.3881 (2009).

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