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On the maximal displacement of subcritical branching random walks with stretched exponential tail

Probability 2026-06-26 v1

Abstract

We study the maximal displacement of a one-dimensional subcritical branching random walk with offspring distribution {pk}\{p_k\} and step size XX such that m:=k=1kpk(0,1)m := \sum_{k=1}^\infty k p_k \in (0,1). Let MnM_n denote the maximal position of all particles alive at time nn and let M:=supnNMnM := \sup_{n \in \mathbb{N}} M_n. First, we show that limx+eλxb(x)xaP(M>x)=1p01m \lim_{x \to +\infty} \frac{e^{\lambda x^b}}{\ell(x) x^a } \, \mathbb{P}(M > x) = \frac{1 - p_0}{1 - m} whenever P(X>x)=(x)xaeλxb\mathbb{P}(X > x) = \ell(x) x^a e^{-\lambda x^b} for some slowly varying function \ell, b[0,1)b \in [0,1), and under further assumptions on aa. Next, we prove that limx+eλxb+γx(x)xaP(M>x)exists and belongs to (0,) \lim_{x \to +\infty} \frac{e^{\lambda x^b+\gamma x}}{\ell(x) x^a } \, \mathbb{P}(M > x) \quad \text{exists and belongs to } (0, \infty) provided that k=1k(logk)pk<\sum_{k=1}^\infty k (\log k) p_k < \infty and for some x>0x_*>0, P(X>x)=x(y)yaeλybγydy\mathbb{P}(X > x) = \int_x^\infty \ell(y) y^a e^{-\lambda y^b - \gamma y} \, \mathrm{d}y for all x>xx > x_*. Here, \ell is a slowly varying function, mE(eγX)<1m \mathbb{E}(e^{\gamma X}) < 1, b[0,1)b \in [0,1), and aa satisfies certain conditions.

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@article{arxiv.2606.28631,
  title  = {On the maximal displacement of subcritical branching random walks with stretched exponential tail},
  author = {Haojie Hou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.28631},
  year   = {2026}
}

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