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Collisions of several walkers in recurrent random environments

Probability 2018-07-12 v1

Abstract

We consider d independent walkers on Z, m of them performing simple symmetric random walk and r = d -- m of them performing recurrent RWRE (Sinai walk), in I independent random environments. We show that the product is recurrent, almost surely, if and only if m \le 1 or m = d = 2. In the transient case with r \ge 1, we prove that the walkers meet infinitely often, almost surely, if and only if m = 2 and r \ge I = 1. In particular, while I does not have an influence for the recurrence or transience, it does play a role for the probability to have infinitely many meetings. To obtain these statements, we prove two subtle localization results for a single walker in a recurrent random environment, which are of independent interest.

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@article{arxiv.1807.04019,
  title  = {Collisions of several walkers in recurrent random environments},
  author = {Alexis Devulder and Nina Gantert and Françoise Pene},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.04019},
  year   = {2018}
}

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35 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Electronic Journal of Probability