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Phase transitions for a unidirectional elephant random walk with a power law memory II: Some sharper estimates

Probability 2025-04-02 v1

Abstract

We continue our study of the unidirectional elephant random walk (uERW) initiated in {\it {Electron. Commun. Probab.}} ({\bf 29} 2024, article no. 78). In this paper we obtain definitive results when the memory exponent β(1,p/(1p))\beta\in (-1, p/(1-p)). In particular using a coupling argument we obtain the exact asymptotic rate of growth of SnS_n, the location of the uERW at time nn, for the case β(1,0]\beta\in (-1, 0] . Also, for the case β(0,p/(1p))\beta\in (0, p/(1-p)) we show that P(Sn)(0,1)P(S_n \to \infty) \in (0,1) and conditional on {Sn}\{S_n \to \infty\} we obtain the exact asymptotic rate of growth of SnS_n. In addition we obtain the central limit theorem for SnS_n when β(1,p/(1p))\beta \in (-1, p/(1-p)).

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@article{arxiv.2504.00566,
  title  = {Phase transitions for a unidirectional elephant random walk with a power law memory II: Some sharper estimates},
  author = {Rahul Roy and Masato Takei and Hideki Tanemura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.00566},
  year   = {2025}
}

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13 pages, 2 figures