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Asymptotic results for the absorption times of random walks with a barrier


Author: Pavlo Negadaĭlov
Translated by: S. Kvasko
Journal: Theor. Probability and Math. Statist. 79 (2009), 127-138
MSC (2000): Primary 60J80, 60E99; Secondary 60G42
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0094-9000-09-00785-6
Published electronically: December 30, 2009
MathSciNet review: 2494542
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Abstract: A sequence $R_k^{(n)}:=R_{k-1}^{(n)}+\xi _k1_{\left \{R_{k-1}^{(n)}+\xi _k<n\right \}}$, $k\in \mathbf {N}$, $R_0^{(n)}:=0$, is called a random walk with a barrier $n \in \mathbf {N}$, where the $\xi _k$ are independent copies of a random variable $\xi$ assuming positive integer values. The asymptotic behavior of the absorption times is studied in the paper for a random walk with a barrier. This behavior depends on the properties of the tail of the distribution of the random variable $\xi$.


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Pavlo Negadaĭlov
Affiliation: Faculty for Cybernetics, National Taras Shevchenko University, Academician Glushkov Avenue 6, Kyiv 03127, Ukraine
Email: npasha@ukr.net

Keywords: Random walks with a barrier, absorption moments
Received by editor(s): October 18, 2007
Published electronically: December 30, 2009
Additional Notes: The research is supported by DFG, project 436UKR 113/93/0-1
Article copyright: © Copyright 2009 American Mathematical Society