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Random walk on random walks: low densities

Probability 2017-09-06 v1

Abstract

We consider a random walker in a dynamic random environment given by a system of independent simple symmetric random walks. We obtain ballisticity results under two types of perturbations: low particle density, and strong local drift on particles. Surprisingly, the random walker may behave very differently depending on whether the underlying environment particles perform lazy or non-lazy random walks, which is related to a notion of permeability of the system. We also provide a strong law of large numbers, a functional central limit theorem and large deviation bounds under an ellipticity condition.

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@article{arxiv.1709.01257,
  title  = {Random walk on random walks: low densities},
  author = {Oriane Blondel and Marcelo R. Hilario and Renato Soares dos Santos and Vladas Sidoravicius and Augusto Teixeira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.01257},
  year   = {2017}
}

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28 pages

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