Pergunta

Consider a simple random walk on an undirected graph and let $H_{ij}$ be the hitting time from $i$ to $j$. How much bigger can $$ H_{\rm max} = \max_{i,j} H_{ij}, $$ be compared to $$ H_{\rm ave} = \frac{1}{n^2} \sum_{i=1}^n \sum_{j=1}^n H_{ij}.$$ For all the examples I can think of, these two quantities are of roughly the same order of magnitude.

To make this into a formal question, define $$\phi(n) = \max_{\mbox{undirected graphs with } n \mbox{ nodes }} \frac{H_{\rm max}}{H_{\rm ave}}.$$ How fast does $\phi(n)$ grow with $n$?

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