A journey through dimensions and life
Imagine that you find yourself blindfolded in the center of a dense, unknown city. At each intersection, a coin toss determines the next step: left, right, forward or backward. With no vision to guide you and randomness as your only companion, you set to work. an unpredictable journey.
This essentially encapsulates the spirit of: random walk, a powerful concept in probability theory that is much more useful than walking around the city blindfolded with a coin in your hand. Physicists use random walks to explain: movement of particlesIt has applications in the following fields: From biology to social sciences. Understanding random walks allows data scientists to model, simulate, and predict stochastic processes in a variety of domains.
Furthermore, reinforcement learningThe agent performs random moves to explore their environment And get information about the impact of their actions.
That said, random walks can be used for a wide variety of purposes. But that’s a completely different story.
Applications aside, random walks are really fascinating. Even without any mathematical knowledge, we can appreciate the beautiful, yet complex and enigmatic world it opens up to us. If you take random walks around the city long enough and track your steps, your path…