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# Selected problems in probability theory

@inproceedings{Grimmett2022SelectedPI,
title={Selected problems in probability theory},
author={Geoffrey R. Grimmett},
year={2022}
}
. This celebratory article contains a personal and idiosyncratic selection of a few open problems in discrete probability theory. These include certain well known questions concerning Lorentz scatterers and self-avoiding walks, and also some problems of percolation-type. The author hopes the reader will ﬁnd some-thing to leaven winter evenings, and perhaps even a project for the longer term.

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