A walk without a plan

Follow one wandering path and see its displacement grow.

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How it works

How it works.

Position changes by +1 or −1 each step; expected displacement after n steps is n(2p − 1).

Assumptions and limits

One-dimensional independent steps; observed distance differs from its expectation.

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