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Brownian Motion

Let's model a random motion happening around 0,with equal probability to go left and right with same amount each step.

X i = + Δ x P X i = 1 2 X i = - Δ x n P X i = 1 2 X = X 1 + X 2 + + X n
X = X 1 + + X n X i = 1 2 × - Δ x + 1 2 × Δ x = 0 X = 0

So average is zero

On the other hand variance is not zero, since

v a r X i = X i 2 - X i 2 = 1 2 × Δ x 2 + 1 2 × - Δ x 2 v a r x 1 = v a r x 2 = = v a r X n = Δ x 2

Since each step statistically independent The sum of variance is

X 2 = e 0 = 1 n v a r X i = n Δ x 2

Since total duration of walk is

t = n Δ t n = t Δ t X 2 = Δ x 2 Δ t t

So Brownian motion happens round 0 and with time it diffuses. That is the variance increases with number of steps. The term in front of time is equal to the twice of diffusion coefficient

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