Biased branching random walks on Bienaym\'e--Galton--Watson trees
Probability
2026-03-02 v2
Abstract
We study -biased branching random walks on Bienaym\'e--Galton--Watson trees in discrete time. We consider the maximal displacement at time , , and show that it almost surely grows at a deterministic, linear speed. We characterize this speed with the help of the large deviation rate function of the -biased random walk of a single particle. A similar result is given for the minimal displacement at time , .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2502.07363,
title = {Biased branching random walks on Bienaym\'e--Galton--Watson trees},
author = {Julien Berestycki and Nina Gantert and David Geldbach and Quan Shi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.07363},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
29 pages, 5 figures