The converse characterization of central weightings

Let S{\mathcal{S}} be a step set, let a{\mathfrak a} be a positive weighting, and let Qa(x1,,xd;t)Q_{\mathfrak a}(x_1,\dots,x_d;t) and Q(x1,,xd;t)Q(x_1,\dots,x_d;t) denote the corresponding weighted and unweighted generating functions. A weighting is central when there are constants α1,,αd,β\alpha_1,\dots,\alpha_d,\beta such that

as=βk=1dαkπk(s).a_s=\beta\prod_{k=1}^d\alpha_k^{\pi_k(s)}.

The converse characterization of central weightings. If there exist constants α1,,αd,β\alpha_1,\dots,\alpha_d,\beta such that

Qa(x1,,xd;t)=Q(α1x1,,αdxd;βt),Q_{\mathfrak a}(x_1,\dots,x_d;t)=Q(\alpha_1x_1,\dots,\alpha_dx_d;\beta t),

then the weighting a{\mathfrak a} is central and

as=βk=1dαkπk(s).a_s=\beta\prod_{k=1}^d\alpha_k^{\pi_k(s)}.

This would imply uniqueness of the function satisfying the kernel equation for a given model; in dimension two, it would imply uniqueness of the kernel solution. The claim is stated as open here, although it is known for random walks arising from root systems of Lie algebras.

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Julien Courtiel, Stephen Melczer, Marni Mishna and Kilian Raschel, “Weighted Lattice Walks and Universality Classes”, arXiv:1609.05839 (2017).

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