A1.1 B1.1
Part II, 2002
(i) We are given a finite set of airports. Assume that between any two airports, and , there are flights in each direction on every day. A confused traveller takes one flight per day, choosing at random from all available flights. Starting from , how many days on average will pass until the traveller returns again to ? Be careful to allow for the case where there may be no flights at all between two given airports.
(ii) Consider the infinite tree with root , where, for all , all vertices at distance from have degree 3 , and where all other vertices (except ) have degree 2 . Show that the random walk on is recurrent.