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May 2013 Patterns in Sinai’s walk
Dimitris Cheliotis, Bálint Virág
Ann. Probab. 41(3B): 1900-1937 (May 2013). DOI: 10.1214/11-AOP724

Abstract

Sinai’s random walk in random environment shows interesting patterns on the exponential time scale. We characterize the patterns that appear on infinitely many time scales after appropriate rescaling (a functional law of iterated logarithm). The curious rate function captures the difference between one-sided and two-sided behavior.

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Dimitris Cheliotis. Bálint Virág. "Patterns in Sinai’s walk." Ann. Probab. 41 (3B) 1900 - 1937, May 2013. https://doi.org/10.1214/11-AOP724

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Published: May 2013
First available in Project Euclid: 15 May 2013

zbMATH: 1300.60116
MathSciNet: MR3098062
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/11-AOP724

Subjects:
Primary: 60F10 , 60F17 , 60K37

Keywords: Brownian motion , Diffusion in random environment , Functional law of the iterated logarithm , large deviations , Sinai’s walk

Rights: Copyright © 2013 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Vol.41 • No. 3B • May 2013
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