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Kac-Stroock type approximations for the Brownian motion

Probability 2025-11-24 v1

Abstract

In the present paper we show that the processes Xn={Xn(t) ⁣:t[0,1]}X_n = \{X_n(t) \colon t \in [0,1]\}, nNn \in \mathbb{N}, defined by Xn(t)=nC0t(1)L(nu)duX_n(t) = \sqrt{n}C\int_0^t (-1)^{L(nu)} du, where L={L(t) ⁣:t0}L = \{L(t) \colon t \geq 0\} is a renewal processes whose inter-arrival times satisfy some integrability conditions and C>0C > 0 is some normalizing constant, weakly converge, in the space of continuous functions over [0,1][0,1], C([0,1])\mathcal{C}([0,1]), to the Brownian motion as nn approaches infinity. Thus, generalizing the result of D. W. Stroock (1982), where LL is taken to be a standard Poisson process. In particular, we see that these results are a mere consequence of Donsker's invariance principle.

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@article{arxiv.2511.17281,
  title  = {Kac-Stroock type approximations for the Brownian motion},
  author = {Xavier Bardina and Salim Boukfal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.17281},
  year   = {2025}
}

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6 pages

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