Limit theorem for reflected random walks
Probability
2021-02-11 v3 Dynamical Systems
Abstract
Let n , n N be a sequence of i.i.d. random variables with values in Z. The associated random walk on Z is S(n) = 1 + + n+1 and the corresponding "reflected walk" on N 0 is the Markov chain X(n), n N, given by X(0) = x N 0 and X(n + 1) = |X(n) + n+1 | for n 0. It is well know that the reflected walk (X(n)) n0 is null-recurrent when the n are square integrable and centered. In this paper, we prove that the process (X(n)) n0 , properly rescaled, converges in distribution towards the reflected Brownian motion on R + , when E[ 2 n ] < +, E[(max(0, -- n) 3 ] < + and the n are aperiodic and centered.
Cite
@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}
}