The homogeneous magnetic-field direction-reversal probability conjecture

Let a1(x,t,u)a_1(x,t,u) denote the first component of the Feynman checker amplitude at position xx and time tt in the external field uu, and define u(x+1/2,t+1/2)=1u(x+1/2,t+1/2)=-1 if both xx and tt are even and u(x+1/2,t+1/2)=+1u(x+1/2,t+1/2)=+1 otherwise. Direction-reversal probability conjecture. The limits satisfy

limtxZa12(x,2t+1,u)=36,\lim_{t\to\infty}\sum_{x\in\mathbb{Z}}a_1^2(x,2t+1,u)=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6},

and

limtxZa12(x,2t,u)=33.\lim_{t\to\infty}\sum_{x\in\mathbb{Z}}a_1^2(x,2t,u)=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}.

In contrast with the basic model, whose limiting direction-reversal probability exists, numerical experiments suggest two limit points for the model with this homogeneous external magnetic field; the stated limits describe those two subsequences.

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Ilya Bogdanov, “Feynman checkers: the probability of direction reversal”, arXiv:2010.04583 (2022).

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