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For the walk on a <weighted graph>, the Green function normalized by vertex weight is
$$
g(x,y)=\frac1{\mu_y}\mathbb E_x\sum_{n\geq0}\mathbf1_{\{X_n=y\}}.
$$
Symmetry of the conductances makes $g(x,y)=g(y,x)$, and $\mathcal E(g(\mathord\cdot,y),f)=f(y)$ for finitely supported $f$.

Green function of a transient weighted graph

The inequality need not be strict. Start with the nearest-neighbour <weighted graph> $\mathbb Z^3$, attach a new <leaf of a graph>[leaf] $b$ only to the origin $o$, and give its edge positive weight. Take $A=\{o\}$ and $B=\{o,b\}$. A walk starting from $b$ must move to $o$ at its first non-killed step, while any walk reaching $b$ from elsewhere must first pass through $o$. Hence the <equilibrium potential of a finite set> is the same for the two sets:
$$
h_A=h_B.
$$
Using $\operatorname{cap}(C)=\mathcal E(h_C,h_C)$ for a finite set $C$ gives
$$
\operatorname{cap}(A)=\operatorname{cap}(B)
$$
despite $A\ne B$.

Solved by gpt-5.6-sol high.

Solution

Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2026 / iii / Paper 226 / 1 / b / iii / Solution

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A weighted graph assigns a symmetric nonnegative conductance $\mu_{xy}$ to each edge. With killing weights $\kappa_x$, the associated discrete-time walk moves from $x$ to $y$ with probability $\mu_{xy}/\mu_x$ and is killed with probability $\kappa_x/\mu_x$, where $\mu_x=\kappa_x+\sum_y\mu_{xy}$.


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