The MERW transition conjecture for the growing pyramidal model

Let (x,y,z)(x,y,z) be a permissible pyramidal configuration, and let (u,v,w)(u,v,w) be obtained from it by incrementing one coordinate by 11. Associate to a configuration (x,y,z)(x,y,z) the differences (yx,yz)(y-x,y-z). Let HH be the unique non-negative function on Z2\mathbb{Z}^2 such that

Hi,j=0for i,j<0,H_{i,j}=0\quad\text{for }i,j<0,

H0,0=1H_{0,0}=1, and, for all i0i\geq 0 or j0j\geq 0,

3Hi,j=Hi1,j+Hi,j1+Hi,j.3H_{i,j}=H_{i-1,j}+H_{i,j-1}+H_{i,j}.

MERW transition conjecture. The unique maximal entropy random walk for the growing pyramidal model depicted by the Kreweras-walk correspondence has transition probabilities

p((x,y,z);(u,v,w))=Hvu,vw3Hyx,yz.p((x,y,z);(u,v,w))=\frac{H_{v-u,v-w}}{3H_{y-x,y-z}}.

This conjecture identifies the maximal entropy random walk through the unique non-negative harmonic function for the associated Kreweras random walk in the three-quarter plane. The surrounding discussion indicates that the required asymptotics, and hence this characterization, are motivated by known harmonic-function results but does not establish the conjectured transition rule.

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Yoann Offret and Sergey Dovgal, “Maximal entropy random walks and central Markov chains”, arXiv:2503.08172 (2025).

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