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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820493503321

Autore

Revesz Pal

Titolo

Random walk in random and non-random environments / / Pal Revesz, Technische Universitat Wien, Austria, and Renyi Institute Budapest, Hungary

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : World Scientific, 2013

New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2013]

�2013

ISBN

981-4447-51-X

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 402 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

519.282

Soggetti

Random walks (Mathematics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-396) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

I. Simple symmetric random walk in [symbol]. Notations and abbreviations. 1. Introduction of part I. 2. Distributions. 3. Recurrence and the zero-one Law. 4. From the strong law of large numbers to the law of iterated logarithm. 5. Lévy classes. 6. Wiener process and invariance principle. 7. Increments. 8. Strassen type theorems. 9. Distribution of the local time. 10. Local time and invariance principle. 11. Strong theorems of the local time. 12. Excursions. 13. Frequently and rarely visited sites. 14. An embedding theorem. 15. A few further results. 16. Summary of part I -- II. Simple symmetric random walk in [symbol]. Notations. 17. The recurrence theorem. 18. Wiener process and invariance principle. 19. The law of iterated logarithm. 20. Local time. 21. The range. 22. Heavy points and heavy balls. 23. Crossing and self-crossing. 24. Large covered balls. 25. Long excursions. 26. Speed of escape. 27. A few further problems -- III. Random walk in random environment. Notations. 28. Introduction of part III. 29. In the first six days. 30. After the sixth day. 31. What can a physicist say about the local time [symbol]? 32. On the favourite value of the RWIRE. 33. A few further problems -- IV. Random walks in graphs. 34. Introduction of part IV. 35. Random walk in comb. 36. Random walk in a comb and in a brush with crossings. 37. Random walk on a spider. 38. Random walk in half-plane-half-comb.



Sommario/riassunto

The simplest mathematical model of the Brownian motion of physics is the simple, symmetric random walk. This book collects and compares current results - mostly strong theorems which describe the properties of a random walk. The modern problems of the limit theorems of probability theory are treated in the simple case of coin tossing. Taking advantage of this simplicity, the reader is familiarized with limit theorems (especially strong ones) without the burden of technical tools and difficulties. An easy way of considering the Wiener process is also given, through the study of the random walk.