## The Annals of Probability

### A local CLT for convolution equations with an application to weakly self-avoiding random walks

#### Abstract

We prove error bounds in a central limit theorem for solutions of certain convolution equations. The main motivation for investigating these equations stems from applications to lace expansions, in particular to weakly self-avoiding random walks in high dimensions. As an application we treat such self-avoiding walks in continuous space. The bounds obtained are sharper than those obtained by other methods.

#### Article information

Source
Ann. Probab., Volume 44, Number 1 (2016), 206-234.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 2 February 2016

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aop/1454423039

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/14-AOP971

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3456336

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1343.60009

#### Citation

Avena, Luca; Bolthausen, Erwin; Ritzmann, Christine. A local CLT for convolution equations with an application to weakly self-avoiding random walks. Ann. Probab. 44 (2016), no. 1, 206--234. doi:10.1214/14-AOP971. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aop/1454423039

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