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Extension of results on generalized P\'olya's urns for polynomially self-repelling walks

Probability 2026-03-05 v1

Abstract

This is a technical note which extends the results of Kosygina, Mountford and Peterson (Ann. Probab., 51(5):1684-1728, 2023, Section 4) about generalized P\'olya's urns from a specific weight function w(n)=(n+1)αw(n) = (n+1)^{-\alpha} to a general family of weight functions satisfying (w(n))1=nα(1+2Bn1+O(n2))(w(n))^{-1}=n^{\alpha}\left(1+2Bn^{-1}+O\left(n^{-2}\right)\right) as nn \to \infty. The latter was considered by T\'oth (Ann. Probab., 24(3):1324-1367, 1996) as a part of his study of polynomially self-repelling walks. This extension will be used in forthcoming developments concerning scaling limits of these walks and related processes.

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@article{arxiv.2603.03622,
  title  = {Extension of results on generalized P\'olya's urns for polynomially self-repelling walks},
  author = {Elena Kosygina and Laure Marêché and Thomas Mountford and Jonathon Peterson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.03622},
  year   = {2026}
}

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