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Limit theorem for reflected random walks

Probability 2021-02-11 v3 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Let ξ\xi n , n \in N be a sequence of i.i.d. random variables with values in Z. The associated random walk on Z is S(n) = ξ\xi 1 + ×\times ×\times ×\times + ξ\xi n+1 and the corresponding "reflected walk" on N 0 is the Markov chain X(n), n \in N, given by X(0) = x \in N 0 and X(n + 1) = |X(n) + ξ\xi n+1 | for n \ge 0. It is well know that the reflected walk (X(n)) n\ge0 is null-recurrent when the ξ\xi n are square integrable and centered. In this paper, we prove that the process (X(n)) n\ge0 , properly rescaled, converges in distribution towards the reflected Brownian motion on R + , when E[ξ\xi 2 n ] < +\infty, E[(max(0, --ξ\xi n) 3 ] < +\infty and the ξ\xi n are aperiodic and centered.

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@article{arxiv.1910.01343,
  title  = {Limit theorem for reflected random walks},
  author = {Hoang-Long Ngo and Marc Peigné},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.01343},
  year   = {2021}
}
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