## The Annals of Probability

### On self-attracting $d$-dimensional random walks

#### Abstract

Let $\{X_t\}_{t \geq 0}$ be a symmetric, nearest-neighbor random walk on $\mathbb{Z}^d$ with exponential holding times of expectation $1/d$, starting at the origin. For a potential $V: \mathbb{Z}^d \to [0, \infty)$ with finite and nonempty support, define transformed path measures by $d \hat{\mathbb{P}}_T \equiv \exp (T^{-1} \int_0^T \int_0^T V(X_s - X_t) ds dt) d \mathbb{P}/Z_T$ for $T > 0$, where $Z_T$ is the normalizing constant. If $d = 1$ or if the self-attraction is sufficiently strong, then $||X_t||_{\infty}$ has an exponential moment under $\mathbb{P}_T$ which is uniformly bounded for $T > 0$ and $t \in [0, T]$. We also prove that ${X_t}_{t \geq 0}$ under suitable subsequences of ${\hat{\mathbb{P}}_T}_{T > 0}$ behaves for large $T$ asymptotically like a mixture of space-inhomogeneous ergodic random walks. For special cases like a sufficiently strong Dirac-type interaction, we even prove convergence of the transformed path measures and the law of $X_T$ as well as of the law of the empirical measure $L_T$ under ${\hat{\mathbb{P}}_T}_{T > 0}$.

#### Article information

Source
Ann. Probab., Volume 25, Number 2 (1997), 531-572.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 18 June 2002

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aop/1024404411

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/aop/1024404411

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1434118

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0873.60008

#### Citation

Bolthausen, Erwin; Schmock, Uwe. On self-attracting $d$-dimensional random walks. Ann. Probab. 25 (1997), no. 2, 531--572. doi:10.1214/aop/1024404411. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aop/1024404411

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