@article{AIHPB_2013__49_1_270_0, author = {Thompson, Russ}, title = {The rate of escape for random walks on polycyclic and metabelian groups}, journal = {Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilit\'es et statistiques}, pages = {270--287}, publisher = {Gauthier-Villars}, volume = {49}, number = {1}, year = {2013}, doi = {10.1214/11-AIHP455}, mrnumber = {3060157}, zbl = {1274.60018}, language = {en}, url = {http://archive.numdam.org/articles/10.1214/11-AIHP455/} }