## The Annals of Probability

### Random walks in cones

#### Abstract

We study the asymptotic behavior of a multidimensional random walk in a general cone. We find the tail asymptotics for the exit time and prove integral and local limit theorems for a random walk conditioned to stay in a cone. The main step in the proof consists in constructing a positive harmonic function for our random walk under minimal moment restrictions on the increments. For the proof of tail asymptotics and integral limit theorems, we use a strong approximation of random walks by Brownian motion. For the proof of local limit theorems, we suggest a rather simple approach, which combines integral theorems for random walks in cones with classical local theorems for unrestricted random walks. We also discuss some possible applications of our results to ordered random walks and lattice path enumeration.

#### Article information

Source
Ann. Probab. Volume 43, Number 3 (2015), 992-1044.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 5 May 2015

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aop/1430830276

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/13-AOP867

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3342657

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1332.60066

#### Citation

Denisov, Denis; Wachtel, Vitali. Random walks in cones. Ann. Probab. 43 (2015), no. 3, 992--1044. doi:10.1214/13-AOP867. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aop/1430830276.

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