Normal approximation for the polynomial functionals of correlated random field sampling along random walk path in dimension $1+1$
Abstract
Let be the stationary occupation field generated by a Poisson system of independent simple symmetric random walks on in space--time dimension . For a finite set , we consider the classical fixed-region observables , the cumulative occupation of up to time , and , the number of distinct particles visiting up to time . We prove quantitative central limit theorems for both observables, with Wasserstein rate of order . In addition, we introduce an independent nearest-neighbour random walk on with non-zero drift and sample the field along this ballistic path. For a fixed polynomial observable , of degree , we consider the partial sums We prove a Wasserstein bound of order for the normal approximation of the standardized . To the best of our knowledge, this is the first quantitative normal approximation result for polynomial functionals of the Poisson occupation field sampled along a random walk path. The drift induces an effective decorrelation of the sampled environment, leading to a substantial improvement over fixed-region sampling. The proofs rely on a representation of as a Poisson functional on path space and on the Malliavin--Stein method for Poisson functionals.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.15308,
title = {Normal approximation for the polynomial functionals of correlated random field sampling along random walk path in dimension $1+1$},
author = {Ao Huang and Guanglin Rang and Zhonggen Su},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.15308},
year = {2026}
}
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42 pages