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Investigation: UNDER CONSTRUCTION

This is not a QHE question. It's just a bit of fun with Nuclear Reactor cores.

A particle, originally positioned at the centre, is moving randomly in a reactor core. The random movement in the 6 possible directions is simulated by throwing a die. What is the expected number of trials before the particle escapes?

reactor Simulation

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