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We obtain the formula for the transition probability of an arbitrary number of annihilating particles wandering along a ring-shaped one-dimensional lattice from the initial coordinates to the final coordinates during an arbitrary number of discrete time steps.
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Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 146, No. 3, pp. 488–498, March, 2006.
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Grigoriev, S.Y., Priezzhev, V.B. Random walk of annihilating particles on the ring. Theor Math Phys 146, 411–420 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11232-006-0049-x
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