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Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications SIGMA 13 (2017), 056, 14 pages
Zero Range Process and Multi-Dimensional
Random Walks
Nicolay M. BOGOLIUBOV †‡ and Cyril MALYSHEV †‡
† St.-Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics of RAS,
Fontanka 27, St.-Petersburg, Russia
E-mail: bogoliub@yahoo.com, malyshev@pdmi.ras.ru
‡ ITMO University, Kronverksky 49, St.-Petersburg, Russia
Received March 28, 2017, in final form July 14, 2017; Published online July 22, 2017
https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2017.056
Abstract. The special limit of the totally asymmetric zero range process of the low-dimen-
sional non-equilibrium statistical mechanics described by the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian is
considered. The calculation of the conditional probabilities of the model are based on the
algebraic Bethe ansatz approach. We demonstrate that the conditional probabilities may
be considered as the generating functions of the random multi-dimensional lattice walks
bounded by a hyperplane. This type of walks we call the walks over the multi-dimensional
simplicial lattices. The answers for the conditional probability and for the number of ran-
dom walks in the multi-dimensional simplicial lattice are expressed through the symmetric
functions.
Key words: zero range process; conditional probability; multi-dimensional random walk;
correlation function; symmetric functions
2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: 05A19; 05E05; 82B23
1 Introduction
The zero-range process is a stochastic lattice gas where the particles hop randomly with an
on-site interaction that makes the jump rate dependent only on the local particle number. The
zero range processes (ZRPs) belong to a class of minimal statistical-mechanics models of the
low-dimensional non-equilibrium physics [12, 30]. Being exactly solvable the model and its other
variations are intensively studied both by mathematicians and physicists [9, 15, 16, 21, 25, 26].
In this paper we consider the totally asymmetric simple zero range process (TASZRP) [13, 17],
which describes a system of indistinguishable particles placed on a one-dimensional lattice,
moving randomly in one direction from right to left with the equal hopping rate on a periodic
ring. The dynamical variables of the model are the phase operators [11] which can be regarded
as a special limit of q-bosons [5, 19]. The application of the quantum inverse method (QIM)
[13, 17, 20] allows to calculate the scalar products and form-factors of the model and represent
them in the determinantal form [3, 8]. The relation of the considered model and the totaly
asymmetric simple exclusion process (TASEP) was discussed in [8, 27].
Certain quantum integrable models solvable by the QIM demonstrate close relationship [2,
6, 7] with the different objects of the enumerative combinatorics [31, 32] and the theory of the
symmetric functions [22]. It appeared that the correlation functions of some integrable models
may be regarded as the generating functions of plane partitions and random walks.
Different types of random walks [14, 18, 31, 32] are of considerable recent interest due to
their role in quantum information processing [10, 29]. The walks on multi-dimensional lattices
were studied by many authors [4, 23, 24, 28].
This paper is a contribution to the Special Issue on Recent Advances in Quantum Integrable Systems. The
full collection is available at http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/RAQIS2016.html
mailto:bogoliub@yahoo.com
mailto:malyshev@pdmi.ras.ru
https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2017.056
http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/RAQIS2016.html
2 N.M. Bogoliubov and C. Malyshev
In this paper we shall calculate the conditional probability of the model and reveal its con-
nection with the generating function of the lattice paths on multi-dimensional oriented lattices
bounded by a hyperplane.
The layout of the paper is as follows. In the introductory Section 2 we give the definition of
the TASZRP. The solution of the model by QIM is presented in Section 3. In Section 4 condi-
tional probability is calculated. The random walks over the M -dimensional oriented simplicial
lattice with retaining boundary conditions are introduced and the connection of their generating
function with the conditional probability is established.
2 Totally asymmetric simple zero range hopping model
Consider a system with N particles on a periodic one-dimensional lattice of length M + 1, i.e.,
on a ring, where sites m and m+M + 1 are identical. Each site of a lattice contains arbitrary
number of particles. The particles evolve with the following dynamics rule: during the time
interval [t, t+ dt] a particle on a site i jumps with probability dt to the neighbouring site i+ 1.
There are no restrictions on the number of particles on a lattice site.
m
m+1
m-1
Figure 1. Totally asymmetric simple zero range process.
A configuration C of the system is characterized by the list of all possible arrangements of N
particles amongst the M + 1 available sites. The total number of configurations is, therefore,
Ω =
(N +M)!
(N)! (M)!
. (2.1)
The probability Pt(C) of finding the system in configuration C at time t satisfies the master
equation
dPt(C)
dt
=MPt(C), (2.2)
whereM is the Markov matrix of the size Ω×Ω. For C 6= C ′ the entryM(C ′, C) is the transition
rate from C to C ′. It is equal to unity, if the transition is allowed, and is zero otherwise. The
diagonal entry −M(C,C) is equal to the number of occupied sites in the configuration C. The
elements of the columns and rows of M add up to zero and total probability is conserved∑
C
Pt(C) = 1.
The process described is stochastic, the unique stationary state of this system being the one, in
which all Ω different configurations C have equal weight.
Zero Range Process and Multi-Dimensional Random Walks 3
A configuration C is represented by the sequence (n0, n1, . . . , nM ) of occupation numbers nj ,
satisfying the condition 0 ≤ n0, n1, . . . , nM ≤ N , n0 + n1 + · · · + nM = N . We can rewrite the
master equation (2.2) for the TAZRP in the form
d
dt
Pt(n0, . . . , nM ) =
M∑
m=0
Pt(n0, . . . , nm + 1, nm+1 − 1, . . . , nM )
−KPt(n0, . . . , nM ), (2.3)
where K is the number of occupied sites in the configuration (n0, n1, . . . , nM ), i.e., the number
of nj 6= 0. This equation has to be supplemented by the condition that Pt(n0, . . . , nM ) = 0, if
at least one of the nj < 0.
To formulate the dynamic of the system in terms of a quantum mechanical model we denote
a particle configuration as a Fock vector |n0, . . . , nM 〉 and define a probability vector
|Pt〉 =
∑
0≤n0,n1,...,nM≤N
n0+n1+···+nM=N
Pt(n0, . . . , nM )|n0, . . . , nM 〉,
where Pt(n0, . . . , nM ) are the probabilities of configuration (n0, . . . , nM ). The generator of the
master equation (2.3) may be written as
H =
M∑
m=0
(
φmφ
†
m+1 − φ
†
mφm
)
=
M∑
m=0
(
φ†m+1 − φ
†
m
)
φm. (2.4)
Here, the phase operators φn, φ
†
n were introduced. They satisfy commutation relations
[N̂i, φj ] = −φiδij , [N̂i, φ
†
j ] = φ†iδij , [φi, φ
†
j ] = πiδij ,
where N̂j is the number operator and πi = 1−φ†iφi is vacuum projector: φjπj = πjφ
†
j = 0. This
algebra has a representation on the Fock space:
φj |n0, . . . , 0j , . . . , nM 〉 = 0,
φ†j |n0, . . . , nj , . . . , nM 〉 = |n0, . . . , nj + 1, . . . , nM 〉,
φj |n0, . . . , nj , . . . , nM 〉 = |n0, . . . , nj − 1, . . . , nM 〉, (2.5)
N̂j |n0, . . . , nj , . . . , nM 〉 = nj |n0, . . . , nj , . . . , nM 〉,
πj |n0, . . . , 0j , . . . , nM 〉 = |n0, . . . , 0j , . . . , nM 〉.
The states |n0, . . . , nM 〉 are orthogonal, 〈p0, . . . , pM |n0, . . . , nM 〉 =
M∏
l=0
δplnl
. The Fock vectors
are generated from the vacuum state
|0〉 ≡
M∏
j=0
|0〉j (2.6)
by action of rising operators φ†j
|n〉 ≡ |n0, . . . , nM 〉 =
M∏
j=0
(
φ†j
)nj |0〉, 0 ≤ n ≤ N,
M∑
j=0
nj = N. (2.7)
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The total number operator
N̂ =
M∑
j=0
Nj
commutes with the Hamiltonian (2.4):
[H, N̂ ] = 0. (2.8)
The hopping term φ†m+1φm of the Hamiltonian (2.4) annihilates the particle in the site m
and creates it in the site m+ 1:
M∑
m=0
φmφ
†
m+1|n0, . . . , nM 〉 =
M∑
m=0
|n0, . . . , nm − 1, nm+1 + 1, . . . , nM 〉.
The vacuum projector πm due to the definition (2.5) acts on the Fock vector in the following
way
πm|n0, . . . , nM 〉 = |n0, . . . , nM 〉, if nm = 0, (2.9)
and
πm|n0, . . . , nM 〉 = 0, if nm 6= 0.
The operator
K̂ =
M∑
m=0
φ†mφm =
M∑
m=0
(1− πm)
counts the number of occupied sites in the configuration (n1, n2, . . . , nM )
K̂|n0, . . . , nM 〉 = K|n0, . . . , nM 〉.
The evolution of the quantum system |Pt〉 = etH |P0〉 is governed by the imaginary time
Schrödinger equation
d
dt
|Pt〉 = H|Pt〉,
which is equivalent to the master equation (2.3) for the probabilities Pt(n0, . . . , nM ) equal to
the matrix elements
Pt(n0, . . . , nM ) = 〈n0, . . . , nM |Pt〉.
The initial (t = 0) probability distribution defines the state |P0〉
|P0〉 =
∑
0≤n0,n1,...,nM≤N
n0+n1+···+nM=N
P0(n0, . . . , nM )|n0, . . . , nM 〉.
The state
〈S| =
∑
0≤n0,n1,...,nM≤N
n0+n1+···+nM=N
〈n0, . . . , nM | = 〈0|
M∑
j=0
φjπj−1 · · ·π1
N
Zero Range Process and Multi-Dimensional Random Walks 5
is a left eigenvector of the model, which obeys
〈S|H = 0. (2.10)
Correspondingly, H has one right eigenvector with eigenvalue zero, which is associated with the
state |Ω〉 = 1
Ω |S〉: H|Ω〉 = 0, where Ω is (2.1), 〈S|Ω〉 = 1. The vector 〈S| does not evolve in
time and, therefore, corresponds up to normalization factor to a steady state distribution of the
system
〈S|Pt〉 = 〈S|P0〉 = 1.
In this paper we shall calculate the conditional probability
Pt(n|m) =
1
Ω
〈n0, . . . , nM |etH |m0, . . . ,mM 〉, (2.11)
which is equal to probability, that in a time t the system will be in a pure state defined by
the occupation numbers (n0, . . . , nM ) provided that initially the system was prepared in a pure
state |P0〉 = |m0, . . . ,mM 〉.
3 Solution of the TASZRP
To apply the scheme of the QIM to the solution of the Hamiltonian (2.4) we define L-opera-
tor [8] which is 2×2 matrix with the operator-valued entries acting on the Fock states according
to (2.5):
L(n|u) ≡
(
u−1 + uπn φ†n
φn u
)
, (3.1)
where u ∈ C is a parameter. This L-operator satisfies the intertwining relation
R(u, v) (L(n|u)⊗ L(n|v)) = (L(n|v)⊗ L(n|u))R(u, v),
in which R(u, v) is the R-matrix
R(u, v) =
f(v, u) 0 0 0
0 g(v, u) 1 0
0 0 g(v, u) 0
0 0 0 f(v, u)
, (3.2)
where
f(v, u) =
u2
u2 − v2
, g(v, u) =
uv
u2 − v2
, u, v ∈ C. (3.3)
The monodromy matrix is the matrix product of L-operators
T (u) = L(M |u)L(M − 1|u) · · ·L(0|u) =
(
A(u) B(u)
C(u) D(u)
)
. (3.4)
The commutation relations of the matrix elements of the monodromy matrix are given by the
same R-matrix (3.2)
R(u, v) (T (u)⊗ T (v)) = (T (v)⊗ T (u))R(u, v). (3.5)
6 N.M. Bogoliubov and C. Malyshev
The transfer matrix τ(u) is the trace of the monodromy matrix in the auxiliary space
τ(u) = trT (u) = A(u) +D(u). (3.6)
The relation (3.5) means that [τ(u), τ(v)] = 0 for arbitrary u, v ∈ C.
From the definitions (3.1) and (3.4) one finds by direct calculation that the entries of the
monodromy matrix are polynomials in u2. For A(u) and D(u) one has
uM+1A(u) = 1 + u2
(
M−1∑
m=0
φmφ
†
m+1 +
M∑
m=0
πm
)
+ · · ·+ u2(M+1)
M∏
m=0
πm,
uM+1D(u) = u2φ†0φM + · · ·+ u2(M+1), (3.7)
where the dots stand for the terms not important for further consideration. We also find that
lim
u→0
B̃(u) ≡ lim
u→0
uMB(u) = φ†0, (3.8)
lim
u→0
C̃(u) ≡ lim
u→0
uMC(u) = φM . (3.9)
The representation (3.7) allows to express the Hamiltonian (2.4) through the transfer mat-
rix (3.6)
H =
∂
∂u2
uM+1τ(u)
∣∣∣
u=0
−(M + 1) =
∂
∂u2
uM+1(A(u) +D(u))
∣∣∣
u=0
−(M + 1). (3.10)
By construction this Hamiltonian commutes with the transfer matrix
[H, τ(u)] = 0.
Since the Hamiltonian (2.4) is non-Hermitian we have to distinguish between its right and
left eigenvectors. The N -particle right state-vectors are taken in the form
|ΨN (u)〉 =
N∏
j=1
B̃(uj)
|0〉, (3.11)
where B̃(u) is defined in (3.8), and u implies a collection of arbitrary complex parameters
uj ∈ C: u = (u0, u1, . . . , uN ). The left state-vectors are equal to
〈ΨN (u)| = 〈0|
N∏
j=1
C̃(uj)
, (3.12)
where C̃(u) is given by (3.9). The vacuum state (2.6) is an eigenvector of A(u) and D(u),
A(u)|0〉 = α(u)|0〉, D(u)|0〉 = δ(u)|0〉
with the eigen-values
α(u) =
(
u−1 + u
)M+1
, δ(u) = uM+1. (3.13)
The state-vectors (3.11) and (3.12) are the eigenvectors both of the Hamiltonian (2.4) and of
the transfer matrix τ(u) (3.6), if, and only if, the variables uj satisfy the Bethe equations
α(un)
δ(un)
=
N∏
m 6=n
f(um, un)
f(un, um)
,
Zero Range Process and Multi-Dimensional Random Walks 7
where f are the elements of the R-matrix (3.3). In the explicit form the Bethe equations are
given by
u−2N
n
(
1 + u−2
n
)M+1
=
(−1)N−1
U2
, U2 ≡
N∏
j=1
u2
j . (3.14)
There are Ω equation (2.1) sets of solutions of these equations. The eigenvalues ΘN (v,u) of the
transfer matrix (3.6) in the general form are equal to
ΘN (v;u) = α(v)
N∏
j=1
f(v, uj) + δ(v)
N∏
j=1
f(uj , v).
For the model under consideration
vM+1ΘN (v;u) =
(
1 + v2
)M+1
N∏
m=1
u2
m
u2
m − v2
+ v2(M+1)
N∏
m=1
v2
v2 − u2
m
=
((
1 + v2
)M+1
+ (−1)Nv2(M+N+1)U−2
)
H
(
v2;u−2
)
.
Here, the generating function of complete symmetric functions hl
(
u−2
)
≡ hl
(
u−2
1 , u−2
2 , . . .,
u−2
N
)
[22] is introduced
H
(
v2;u−2
)
≡
N∏
m=1
1
1− v2/u2
m
=
∑
l≥0
hl
(
u−2
)
v2l.
Equation (3.10) enables to obtain the spectrum of the Hamiltonian (2.4). The N -particle
eigenenergies
H|ΨN (u)〉 = EN |ΨN (u)〉
are equal to
EN (u) =
∂
∂v2
vM+1ΘN (v;u)
∣∣∣
v=0
= h1
(
u−2
)
=
N∑
k=1
u−2
k . (3.15)
The steady state (2.10) corresponds to a special solution of Bethe equations (3.14) when all
uj =∞.
4 The calculation of conditional probability
For the models associated with the R-matrix (3.2) the scalar product of the state-vectors (3.11)
and (3.12) is given by the formula [1]:
〈ΨN (v)|ΨN (u)〉 =
detQ
VN
(
v2
)
VN
(
u−2
) N∏
j=1
(
vj
uj
)M+N−1
, (4.1)
where VN (x) is the Vandermonde determinant,
VN (x) ≡ VN (x1, x2, . . . , xN ) =
∏
1≤i<k≤N
(xk − xi), (4.2)
8 N.M. Bogoliubov and C. Malyshev
and the matrix Q is characterized by the entries Qjk, 1 ≤ j, k ≤ N ,
Qjk =
α(vj)δ(uk)
(
uk
vj
)N−1
− α(uk)δ(vj)
(
vj
uk
)N−1
uk
vj
− vj
uk
,
with α(u) and δ(u) given by (3.13).
The norm of the state-vector N 2(u) ≡ 〈ΨN (u)|ΨN (u)〉 is defined by the scalar product (4.1)
when the arguments v and u satisfy the Bethe equations (3.14). For the present case of the
generalized phase model we substitute vk = uk, ∀ k, respecting the Bethe equations (3.14) into
the entries of the matrix Q. The resulting matrix is denoted as Q̃, and its entries at j 6= k are
equal to
Q̃jk =
(−1)N (ukuj)
N+M+1
U2
,
where U2 is given by (3.14). L’Hôspital rule gives the diagonal entries of Q̃
Q̃jj = (N − 1)α(uj)δ(uj) +
(
α(uj)δ
′(uj)− α′(uj)δ(uj)
)uj
2
=
(
1−N −Gj
)(−1)Nu
2(N+M+1)
j
U2
,
where
Gj ≡
M + 1
u2
j + 1
.
As a result, the squared norm N 2(u) on the Bethe solution takes the form
N 2(u) =
det Q̃
VN
(
u2
)
VN
(
u−2
) , (4.3)
det Q̃ = U2(M+1)
(
1−
N∑
l=1
1
N + Gl
)
N∏
j=1
(N + Gj). (4.4)
The state-vectors belonging to the different sets of solutions of the Bethe equations (3.14) are
orthogonal. The eigenvectors (3.11) and (3.12) provide the resolution of the identity operator
I =
∑
{u}
|ΨN (u)〉〈ΨN (u)|
N 2(u)
, (4.5)
where the summation
∑
{u} is over all independent solutions of the Bethe equations (3.14).
Inserting the resolution of the identity operator (4.5) into (2.11), one obtains the general
answer for the conditional probability
Pt(n |m) =
1
Ω
∑
{u}
etEN (u) 〈n|ΨN (u)〉〈ΨN (u)|m〉
N 2(u)
. (4.6)
For the simplicity let us consider the initial state equal to |N, 0, . . . , 0〉 and the final one
respectively to 〈0, 0, . . . , N |. The conditional probability (2.11) of this process is specified as
follows
Pt ≡
1
Ω
〈
0, 0, . . . , N
∣∣etH ∣∣N, 0, . . . , 0〉 =
1
Ω
〈
0
∣∣(φM )NetH(φ†0)N
∣∣0〉, (4.7)
Zero Range Process and Multi-Dimensional Random Walks 9
where equation (2.7) has been used. Inserting the resolution of the identity operator (4.5)
into (4.7), we obtain
Pt =
1
Ω
∑
{u}
etEN (u)
N 2(u)
〈
0|(φM )N |ΨN (u)〉〈ΨN (u)|(φ†0)N |0
〉
,
where the summation is over all independent solutions of equations (3.14).
The decomposition (3.9) for B(u) and C(u) gives that〈
0|(φM )N |ΨN (u)
〉
= lim
v→0
〈ΨN (v)|ΨN (u)〉 = 1,〈
ΨN (u)|(φ†0)N |0
〉
= lim
v→0
〈ΨN (u)|ΨN (v)〉 = 1,
and eventually the answer is
Pt =
1
Ω
∑
{u}
etEN (u)
N 2(u)
,
where N 2(u) is given by (4.3), (4.4).
To obtain the explicit answer for the conditional probability in the general case (4.6) we shall
express state vectors (3.11) and (3.12) in the coordinate form. The state-vector (3.11) has the
representation
|ΨN (u)〉 =
∑
λ⊆{MN}
χRλ(u)
M∏
j=0
(φ†j)
nj
|0〉, (4.8)
where the symmetric function χRλ is equal, up to a multiplicative pre-factor, to
χRλ(x) = χRλ(x1, x2, . . . , xN ) =
1
VN (x)
det
(
x
2(N−j)
i
(1 + x−2
i )λj
)
1≤i,j≤N
. (4.9)
Here λ denotes the partition (λ1, . . . , λN ) of non-increasing non-negative integers,
M ≥ λ1 ≥ λ2 ≥ · · · ≥ λN ≥ 0,
and VN (x) is the Vandermonde determinant (4.2). There is a one-to-one correspondence between
a sequence of the occupation numbers (n0, n1, . . . , nM ), n0+n1+· · ·+nM = N , and the partition
λ =
(
MnM , (M − 1)nM−1 , . . . , 1n1 , 0n0
)
,
where each number S appears nS times (see Fig. 2). The sum in equation (4.8) is taken over all
partitions λ into at most N parts with N ≤M .
Acting by the Hamiltonian (2.4) on the state-vector (4.8), we find that the wave function
(4.9) satisfies the equation
N∑
k=1
χRλ1,...,λk+1,...,λN
(u) = EN (u)χRλ1,...,λN (u), (4.10)
together with the exclusion condition
χRλ1,...,λl−1=λl−1,λl,...,λN
(u) = χRλ1,...,λl−1=λl,λl,...,λN
(u), 1 ≤ l ≤ N. (4.11)
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0 6
Figure 2. A configuration of particles (N = 4) on a lattice (M = 6), the corresponding partition
λ = (61, 50, 40, 32, 20, 11, 00) ≡ (6, 3, 3, 1) and its Young diagram.
The energy EN is given by (3.15). The state-vector (4.8) is the eigenvector of the Hamilto-
nian (2.4) with the periodic boundary conditions if the parameters uj satisfy the Bethe equa-
tions (3.14).
The relations (4.8), (4.10) and (4.11) can be viewed as an implementation of the coordinate
Bethe ansatz [17], which is an alternative to the approach of the algebraic Bethe ansatz consid-
ered in Section 3. Although the model is solved by the algebraic Bethe ansatz, representations of
the type of (4.8) are especially useful in discussing the combinatorial properties of the quantum
integrable models [2, 6, 7].
Expanding the left state-vector (3.12), we obtain
〈ΨN (u)| =
∑
λ⊆{MN}
χLλ(u)〈0
∣∣( M∏
i=0
φni
i
)
, (4.12)
where the wave function is given by the symmetric function
χLλ(x) =
det
((
1 + x−2
i
)λjx2(N−j)
i
)
1≤i,j≤N
VN (x)
.
It satisfies the equations
N∑
k=1
χLλ1,...,λk−1,...,λN
(u) = EN (u)χLλ1,...,λN (u),
χLλ1,...,λl,λl+1=λl+1,...,λN
(u) = χLλ1,...,λl,λl+1=λl,...,λN
(u), 1 ≤ l ≤ N.
From equations (4.8), (4.12) one obtains
〈n0, n1, . . . , nM |ΨN (u)〉 = χRλR
(u),
〈ΨN (u)|m0,m1, . . . ,mM 〉 = χLλL
(u),
where
λR =
(
MnM , (M − 1)nM−1 , . . . , 1n1 , 0n0
)
, λL =
(
MmM , (M − 1)mM−1 , . . . , 1m1 , 0m0
)
.
Finally, the expression for the conditional probability (4.6) has the form
Pt(n |m) =
1
Ω
∑
{u}
etEN (u)
N 2(u)
χRλR
(u)χLλL
(u). (4.13)
Here N 2(u) is the squared norm (4.3).
Zero Range Process and Multi-Dimensional Random Walks 11
5 Multi-dimensional lattice walks bounded by a hyperplane
Starting from (M+1)-dimensional hypercubical lattice with unit spacing ZM+1 3m ≡ (m0,m1,
. . . ,mM ), let us define the non-negative orthant NM+1
0 ≡ {m | 0 ≤ mi, i ∈ M} as a subset
of ZM+1 (hereafter M ≡ {0, 1, . . .M}). Consider a subset of NM+1
0 consisting of sites with
coordinates constrained by the requirement m0 +m1 + · · ·+mM = N :
Simp(N)(ZM+1) ≡
{
m ∈ NM+1
0
∣∣∣ ∑
i∈M
mi = N
}
.
The set Simp(N)
(
ZM+1
)
is compact M -dimensional, and we shall call it simplicial lattice. A two-
dimensional triangular simplicial lattice is presented in Fig. 3. A sequence of K + 1 points
in ZM+1 is called lattice path of K steps [18].
2
1
N
N
N
0
0
Figure 3. A two-dimensional triangular simplicial lattice.
Random walks over sites of Simp(N)
(
ZM+1
)
are defined by a set of admissible steps ΩM (step
set ΩM ) so that at each step an ith coordinate mi increases by unity, while the nearest neighbour-
ing one decreases by unity. Namely, each element of ΩM is given by sequence (e0, e2, . . . , eM )
so that ei = ±1, ei+1 = ∓1 for all pairs (i, i + 1) with i ∈ M and M + 1 = 0 (mod 2), and
ej = 0 for all j ∈ M and j 6= i, i + 1. The step set ΩM ≡ ΩM (m0) ensures that trajectory
of a random walk (lattice path) determined by the starting point m0 lies in M -dimensional set
Simp(N)
(
ZM+1
)
.
Directed random walks on M -dimensional oriented simplicial lattice are defined by a step
set ΓM = (k0, k1, . . . , kM ) so that ki = −1, ki+1 = 1 for all pairs (i, i + 1) with i ∈ M and
M + 1 = 0 (mod 2), and kj = 0 for all j ∈ M\{i, i + 1}. It may occur that some points on
the boundary of the simplicial lattice also belong to a random walk trajectory. Therefore, the
walker’s movements should be supplied with appropriate boundary conditions. The boundary
of the simplicial lattice consists of M + 1 faces of highest dimensionality M − 1. Under the
retaining boundary conditions the walker comes to a node of the boundary, and either continues
to move in accordance with the elements of ΓM , or keeps staying in the node. An oriented
two-dimensional simplicial lattice with the retaining boundary conditions is presented in Fig. 4.
To establish the connection of the exponential generation function of lattice paths and the con-
ditional probability (2.11) we shall interpret the coordinates nj of a walker n = (n0, n1, . . . , nM )
∈ ZM+1 in a simplicial lattice Simp(N)
(
ZM+1
)
as the occupation numbers of (M+1)-component
Fock space and describe the steps of a walker with the help of the Fock state-vectors |n〉 ≡
|n0, n1, . . . , nM 〉. Operator φj shifts the value of the jth coordinate of the walker downwards nj →
12 N.M. Bogoliubov and C. Malyshev
a b
Figure 4. The oriented two-dimensional simplicial lattice defined by the step set Γ2 with retaining
boundary conditions (a). The round trip lattice path of the 14 steps from the node with coordinates
(0, 5, 0) is shown in (b).
nj−1, while φ†j upwards nj → nj+1. If the walker arrived at an arbitrary node of sth component
of the boundary, it can make either allowed step or stay on it due the action of operator πs (2.9).
The number operator Nj acts as the coordinate operator Nj |n0, n1, . . . , nj , . . . , nD〉 = nj |n0, n1,
. . . , nj , . . . , nD〉. Since the occupation numbers are non-negative integers and their sum is con-
served (2.8), we can regard operator
Hrw =
M∑
m=0
(
φmφ
†
m+1 + πm
)
(5.1)
as a generator of steps of a walker in Simp(N)
(
ZM+1
)
with the retaining boundary conditions.
The operators (5.1) and (2.4) are related
Hrw = H +M + 1.
The number of lattice paths made by a walker over the M -dimensional simplicial lattice in k
steps with the ending nodes (j0, j1, . . . , jM ) and (l0, l1, . . . , lM ) is given by the expression
Gk(l | j) =
〈
l0, l1, . . . , lM
∣∣Hk
rw
∣∣j0, j1, . . . , jM〉. (5.2)
It is straightforward to verify that
Gk(l | j) =
M∑
s=0
Gk−1(l | j0, j1, . . . , js + 1, js+1 − 1, . . . , jM )
+ (M + 1−K)Gk−1(l | j0, . . . , jM ),
where k ≥ 1, and it is natural to impose the condition G0(l | j) =
M∏
l=0
δlljl .
The exponential generating function of lattice paths in Simp(N)(ZM+1) is defined as a formal
series
Ft(l | j) =
∞∑
k=0
tk
k!
Gk(l | j). (5.3)
Due to definition (5.2) it may be expressed as
Ft(l | j) =
〈
l
∣∣ ∞∑
k=0
tk
k!
Hk
rw
∣∣j〉 =
〈
l
∣∣etHrw
∣∣j〉.
Zero Range Process and Multi-Dimensional Random Walks 13
Taking into account the connection (5.2) we obtain the desired relation of the conditional prob-
ability (2.11) and generation function of lattice paths (5.3):
Pt(l | j) =
e−t(M+1)
Ω
Ft(l | j).
From the expression (4.13) it follows that the number of lattice paths made by a walker
in the M -dimensional simplicial lattice in k steps with the ending nodes (j0, j1, . . . , jM ) and
(l0, l1, . . . , lM ) is equal to
Gk(l | j) =
∑
{u}
hk1
(
u−2
)
N 2(u)
χRλR
(u)χLλL
(u),
where the function h1
(
u−2
)
is introduced in (3.15).
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by RFBR grant 16-01-00296. N.M.B. acknowledges the Simons Center
for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University at which some of the research for this paper
was performed.
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1 Introduction
2 Totally asymmetric simple zero range hopping model
3 Solution of the TASZRP
4 The calculation of conditional probability
5 Multi-dimensional lattice walks bounded by a hyperplane
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