February 2023 Scaling limit for random walk on the range of random walk in four dimensions
D. A. Croydon, D. Shiraishi
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Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Probab. Statist. 59(1): 166-184 (February 2023). DOI: 10.1214/22-AIHP1243

Abstract

We establish scaling limits for the random walk whose state space is the range of a simple random walk on the four-dimensional integer lattice. These concern the asymptotic behaviour of the graph distance from the origin and the spatial location of the random walk in question. The limiting processes are the analogues of those for higher-dimensional versions of the model, but additional logarithmic terms in the scaling factors are needed to see these. The proof applies recently developed machinery relating the scaling of resistance metric spaces and stochastic processes, with key inputs being natural scaling statements for the random walk’s invariant measure, the associated effective resistance metric, the graph distance, and the cut times for the underlying simple random walk.

Nous établissons les limites d’échelle pour une marche aléatoire dont l’espace d’états est l’image d’une marche aléatoire simple sur le réseau des entiers de dimension 4. Celles-ci concernent le comportement asymptotique de la distance de graphe à partir de l’origine et la position spatiale de la marche aléatoire en question. Les processus limites sont des analogues de ceux pour le modèle en dimension supérieure, mais un terme logarithmique supplémentaire dans les facteurs de renormalisation est nécessaire. La preuve utilise la machinerie récemment développée liant limites d’échelle d’espaces avec métrique de résistance et processus stochastiques, avec comme éléments clés l’échelle naturelle pour la mesure invariante de la marche aléatoire, la métrique de résistance effective associée, la distance de graphe, et les temps de coupure pour la marche aléatoire simple sous-jacente.

Acknowledgements

DC was supported by JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), 17H01093, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 19K03540, and the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, an International Joint Usage/Research Center located in Kyoto University. DS was supported by a JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, 18K13425, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 17H02849, and JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), 18H01123.

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D. A. Croydon. D. Shiraishi. "Scaling limit for random walk on the range of random walk in four dimensions." Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Probab. Statist. 59 (1) 166 - 184, February 2023. https://doi.org/10.1214/22-AIHP1243

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Received: 8 April 2021; Revised: 7 December 2021; Accepted: 5 January 2022; Published: February 2023
First available in Project Euclid: 16 January 2023

MathSciNet: MR4533724
zbMATH: 1515.60333
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/22-AIHP1243

Subjects:
Primary: 60K37
Secondary: 05C81 , 60K35 , 82B41

Keywords: random environment , Random walk , Range of random walk , Scaling limit

Rights: Copyright © 2023 Association des Publications de l’Institut Henri Poincaré

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