Moments of Exit Times from Wedges for Non-homogeneous Random Walks with Asymptotically Zero Drifts
Moments of Exit Times from Wedges for Non-homogeneous Random Walks with Asymptotically Zero Drifts
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渐进零漂移的非齐次随机游走的楔形退出时间矩
DOI：
10.1007/s10959-012-0411-x
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
0.8
通讯作者：
A. Wade
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作者：
I. MacPhee;M. Menshikov;A. Wade
We study quantitative asymptotics of planar random walks that are spatially non-homogeneous but whose mean drifts have some regularity. Specifically, we study the first exit time τα from a wedge with apex at the origin and interior half-angle α by a non-homogeneous random walk on ℤ2 with mean drift at x of magnitude O(∥x∥−1) as ∥x∥→∞. This is the critical regime for the asymptotic behaviour: under mild conditions, a previous result of the authors stated that τα<∞ a.s. for any α. Here we study the more difficult problem of the existence and non-existence of moments \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}${\mathbb{E}}[ \tau_{\alpha}^{s}]$\end{document}, s>0. Assuming a uniform bound on the walk’s increments, we show that for α<π/2 there exists s0∈(0,∞) such that \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}${\mathbb{E}}[ \tau_{\alpha}^{s}]$\end{document} is finite for s<s0 but infinite for s>s0; under specific assumptions on the drift field, we show that we can attain \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}${\mathbb{E}}[ \tau_{\alpha}^{s}] = \infty$\end{document} for any s>1/2. We show that there is a phase transition between drifts of magnitude O(∥x∥−1) (the critical regime) and o(∥x∥−1) (the subcritical regime). In the subcritical regime, we obtain a non-homogeneous random walk analogue of a theorem for Brownian motion due to Spitzer, under considerably weaker conditions than those previously given (including work by Varopoulos) that assumed zero drift.
We study quantitative asymptotics of planar random walks that are spatially non-homogeneous but whose mean drifts have some regularity. Specifically, we study the first exit time τα from a wedge with apex at the origin and interior half-angle α by a non-homogeneous random walk on ℤ2 with mean drift at x of magnitude O(∥x∥−1) as ∥x∥→∞. This is the critical regime for the asymptotic behaviour: under mild conditions, a previous result of the authors stated that τα<∞ a.s. for any α. Here we study the more difficult problem of the existence and non-existence of moments \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}${\mathbb{E}}[ \tau_{\alpha}^{s}]$\end{document}, s>0. Assuming a uniform bound on the walk’s increments, we show that for α<π/2 there exists s0∈(0,∞) such that \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}${\mathbb{E}}[ \tau_{\alpha}^{s}]$\end{document} is finite for s<s0 but infinite for s>s0; under specific assumptions on the drift field, we show that we can attain \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}${\mathbb{E}}[ \tau_{\alpha}^{s}] = \infty$\end{document} for any s>1/2. We show that there is a phase transition between drifts of magnitude O(∥x∥−1) (the critical regime) and o(∥x∥−1) (the subcritical regime). In the subcritical regime, we obtain a non-homogeneous random walk analogue of a theorem for Brownian motion due to Spitzer, under considerably weaker conditions than those previously given (including work by Varopoulos) that assumed zero drift.