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Fine asymptotics for the consistent maximal displacement of branching Brownian motion

Probability 2014-06-20 v4

Abstract

It is well-known that the maximal particle in a branching Brownian motion sits near 2t322logt\sqrt2 t - \frac{3}{2\sqrt2}\log t at time tt. One may then ask about the paths of particles near the frontier: how close can they stay to this critical curve? Two different approaches to this question have been developed. We improve upon the best-known bounds in each case, revealing new qualitative features including marked differences between the two approaches.

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@article{arxiv.1210.0250,
  title  = {Fine asymptotics for the consistent maximal displacement of branching Brownian motion},
  author = {Matthew I. Roberts},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.0250},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

25 pages; corrected several mistakes