Level Crossing Probabilities II: Polygonal Recurrence of Multidimensional Random Walks

dc.creatorSiegmund-Schultze, Rainer
dc.creatorvon Weizsaecker, Heinrich
dc.date2004-06-22
dc.date2006-03-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:36:52Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:36:52Z
dc.descriptionIn part I (math.PR/0406392) we proved for an arbitrary one-dimensional random walk with independent increments that the probability of crossing a level at a given time n is of the maximal order square root of n. In higher dimensions we call a random walk 'polygonally recurrent' (resp. transient) if a.s. infinitely many (resp. finitely many) of the straight lines between two consecutive sites hit a given bounded set. The above estimate implies that three-dimensional random walks with independent components are polygonally transient. Similarly a directionally reinforced random walk on Z^3 in the sense of Mauldin, Monticino and v.Weizsaecker [1] is transient. On the other hand we construct an example of a transient but polygonally recurrent random walk with independent components on Z^2.
dc.description23 pages, errors and typos corrected, references added
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0406423
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0406423
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/100230
dc.subjectProbability
dc.subject60G51
dc.titleLevel Crossing Probabilities II: Polygonal Recurrence of Multidimensional Random Walks
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