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Figure 5.13: An electrical network <strong>of</strong> resistors.<br />

Exercise 5.23 Given an undirected graph consisting <strong>of</strong> a single path <strong>of</strong> five vertices numbered<br />

1 to 5, what is the probability <strong>of</strong> reaching vertex 1 before vertex 5 when starting at<br />

vertex 4.<br />

Exercise 5.24 Consider the electrical resistive network in Figure 5.13 consisting <strong>of</strong> vertices<br />

connected by resistors. Kirch<strong>of</strong>f’s law states that the currents at each vertex sum to<br />

zero. Ohm’s law states that the voltage across a resistor equals the product <strong>of</strong> the resistance<br />

times the current through it. Using these laws calculate the effective resistance <strong>of</strong><br />

the network.<br />

Exercise 5.25 Consider the electrical network <strong>of</strong> Figure 5.14.<br />

1. Set the voltage at a to one and at b to zero. What are the voltages at c and d?<br />

2. What is the current in the edges a to c, a to d, c to d. c to b and d to b?<br />

3. What is the effective resistance between a and b?<br />

4. Convert the electrical network to a graph. What are the edge probabilities at each<br />

vertex?<br />

5. What is the probability <strong>of</strong> a walk starting at c reaching a before b? a walk starting<br />

at d reaching a before b?<br />

6. What is the net frequency that a walk from a to b goes through the edge from c to<br />

d?<br />

7. What is the probability that a random walk starting at a will return to a before<br />

reaching b?<br />

Exercise 5.26 Consider a graph corresponding to an electrical network with vertices a<br />

and b. Prove directly that c eff<br />

c a<br />

must be less than or equal to one. We know that this is the<br />

escape probability and must be at most 1. But, for this exercise, do not use that fact.<br />

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