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Empirical processes for recurrent and transient random walks in random scenery

Probability 2019-12-17 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we are interested in the asymptotic behaviour of the sequence of processes (Wn(s,t))s,t[0,1](W_n(s,t))_{s,t\in[0,1]} with \begin{equation*} W_n(s,t):=\sum_{k=1}^{\lfloor nt\rfloor}\big(1_{\{\xi_{S_k}\leq s\}}-s\big) \end{equation*} where (ξx,xZd)(\xi_x, x\in\mathbb{Z}^d) is a sequence of independent random variables uniformly distributed on [0,1][0,1] and (Sn)nN(S_n)_{n\in\mathbb N} is a random walk evolving in Zd\mathbb{Z}^d, independent of the ξ\xi's. In Wendler (2016), the case where (Sn)nN(S_n)_{n\in\mathbb N} is a recurrent random walk in Z\mathbb{Z} such that (n1αSn)n1(n^{-\frac 1\alpha}S_n)_{n\geq 1} converges in distribution to a stable distribution of index α\alpha, with α(1,2]\alpha\in(1,2], has been investigated. Here, we consider the cases where (Sn)nN(S_n)_{n\in\mathbb N} is either: a) a transient random walk in Zd\mathbb{Z}^d, b) a recurrent random walk in Zd\mathbb{Z}^d such that (n1dSn)n1(n^{-\frac 1d}S_n)_{n\geq 1} converges in distribution to a stable distribution of index d{1,2}d\in\{1,2\}.

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@article{arxiv.1711.10202,
  title  = {Empirical processes for recurrent and transient random walks in random scenery},
  author = {Nadine Guillotin-Plantard and Francoise Pene and Martin Wendler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.10202},
  year   = {2019}
}
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