Convex hulls of random walks: expected number of faces and face probabilities
Convex hulls of random walks: expected number of faces and face probabilities
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随机游走的凸包:预期面数和面概率
DOI:
10.1016/j.aim.2017.09.002
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
Dmitry Zaporozhets
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作者:
Zakhar Kabluchko;Vladislav Vysotsky;Dmitry Zaporozhets
Consider a sequence of partial sums S i= ξ 1+…+ ξ i, 1≤ i≤ n, starting at S 0= 0, whose increments ξ 1,…, ξ n are random vectors in R d, d≤ n. We are interested in the properties of the convex hull C n:= Conv (S 0, S 1,…, S n). Assuming that the tuple (ξ 1,…, ξ n) is exchangeable and a certain general position condition holds, we prove that the expected number of k-dimensional faces of C n is given by the formula E [f k (C n)]= 2⋅ k! n!∑ l= 0∞[n+ 1 d− 2 l]{d− 2 l k+ 1}, for all 0≤ k≤ d− 1, where [n m] and {n m} are Stirling numbers of the first and second kind, respectively. Further, we compute explicitly the probability that for given indices 0≤ i 1<…< i k+ 1≤ n, the points S i 1,…, S i k+ 1 form a k-dimensional face of Conv (S 0, S 1,…, S n). This is done in two different settings: for random walks with symmetrically exchangeable increments and for random bridges with exchangeable increments. These results generalize the classical one-dimensional discrete arcsine law for the position of the maximum due to E. Sparre Andersen. All our formulae are distribution-free, that is do not depend on the distribution of the increments ξ k's. The main ingredient in the proof is the computation of the probability that the origin is absorbed by a joint convex hull of several random walks and bridges whose increments are invariant with respect to the action of direct product of finitely many reflection groups of types A n− 1 and B n. This probability, in turn, is related to the number of Weyl chambers of a product-type reflection group that are intersected by a linear subspace in general position.
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