Asymptotic behaviour for random walks in random environments

被引:66
作者
Alili, S [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cergy Pontoise, Dept Math, F-95302 Cergy Pontoise, France
关键词
random walk; random environment; branching process;
D O I
10.1017/S0021900200017174
中图分类号
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要
In this paper we consider limit theorems for a random walk in a random environment, (X-n). Known results (recurrence-transience criteria, law of large numbers) in the case of independent environments are naturally extended to the case where the environments are only supposed to be stationary and ergodic. Furthermore, if 'the fluctuations of the random transition probabilities around 1/2 are small', we show that there exists an invariant probability measure for 'the environments seen from the position of (X-n)'. In the case of uniquely ergodic (therefore non-independent) environments, this measure exists as soon as (X-n) is transient so that the 'slow diffusion phenomenon' does not appear as it does in the independent case. Thus, under regularity conditions, we prove that, in this case, the random walk satisfies a central limit theorem for any fixed environment.
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页码:334 / 349
页数:16
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