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On the free energy of a directed polymer in a Brownian environment

Probability 2013-02-12 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We prove a formula conjectured in O'Connell and Yor (2001) for the free energy density of a directed polymer in a Brownian environment in 1+1 dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.math/0606296,
  title  = {On the free energy of a directed polymer in a Brownian environment},
  author = {John Moriarty and Neil O'Connell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0606296},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

15 pages. To appear in Markov Processes and Related Filelds (J.T. Lewis special edition)