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Limit theorems for L\'evy flights on a 1D L\'evy random medium

Probability 2021-05-05 v2 Statistical Mechanics Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We study a random walk on a point process given by an ordered array of points (ωk,kZ)(\omega_k, \, k \in \mathbb{Z}) on the real line. The distances ωk+1ωk\omega_{k+1} - \omega_k are i.i.d. random variables in the domain of attraction of a β\beta-stable law, with β(0,1)(1,2)\beta \in (0,1) \cup (1,2). The random walk has i.i.d. jumps such that the transition probabilities between ωk\omega_k and ω\omega_\ell depend on k\ell-k and are given by the distribution of a Z\mathbb{Z}-valued random variable in the domain of attraction of an α\alpha-stable law, with α(0,1)(1,2)\alpha \in (0,1) \cup (1,2). Since the defining variables, for both the random walk and the point process, are heavy-tailed, we speak of a L\'evy flight on a L\'evy random medium. For all combinations of the parameters α\alpha and β\beta, we prove the annealed functional limit theorem for the suitably rescaled process, relative to the optimal Skorokhod topology in each case. When the limit process is not c\`adl\`ag, we prove convergence of the finite-dimensional distributions. When the limit process is deterministic, we also prove a limit theorem for the fluctuations, again relative to the optimal Skorokhod topology.

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@article{arxiv.2007.03384,
  title  = {Limit theorems for L\'evy flights on a 1D L\'evy random medium},
  author = {Samuele Stivanello and Gianmarco Bet and Alessandra Bianchi and Marco Lenci and Elena Magnanini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.03384},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

30 pages, 3 figures. Final version for Electron. J. Probab

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