We calculate the spectra and spectral measures associated to random walks on restricted wreath products G wr Z, with G a finite abelian group, by realizing them as groups generated by automata. This generalizes the work of Grigorchuk and Żuk on the lamplighter group. More generally we calculate the spectra of random walks on groups generated by Cayley machines of finite groups and calculate Kes...

A discrete time multitype (p-type) branching random walk on the real line R is considered. The positions of the j-type individuals in the n-th generation form a point process. The asymptotic behavior of these point processes, when the generation size tends to infinity, is studied. The central limit theorem is proved.

We consider the two generalizations of lamplighter groups: automata groups generated by Cayley machines and cross-wired lamplighter groups. For a finite step two nilpotent group with central squares, we study its associated Cayley machine and give a presentation of the corresponding automata group. We show the automata group is a crosswired lamplighter group and does not embed in the wreath pro...