A fixed-point equation approach for the superdiffusive elephant random walk

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Main Authors: Guérin, Hélène, Laulin, Lucile, Raschel, Kilian
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Published: 2023
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author Guérin, Hélène
Laulin, Lucile
Raschel, Kilian
author_facet Guérin, Hélène
Laulin, Lucile
Raschel, Kilian
contents We study the elephant random walk in arbitrary dimension $d\geq 1$. Our main focus is the limiting random variable appearing in the superdiffusive regime. Building on a link between the elephant random walk and Pólya-type urn models, we prove a fixed-point equation (or system in dimension two and larger) for the limiting variable. Based on this, we deduce several properties of the limit distribution, such as the existence of a density with support on $\mathbb R^d$ for $d\in\{1,2,3\}$, and we bring evidence for a similar result for $d\geq 4$. We also investigate the moment-generating function of the limit and give, in dimension $1$, a non-linear recurrence relation for the moments.
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spellingShingle A fixed-point equation approach for the superdiffusive elephant random walk
Guérin, Hélène
Laulin, Lucile
Raschel, Kilian
Probability
60E05, 60E10, 60J10, 60G50
We study the elephant random walk in arbitrary dimension $d\geq 1$. Our main focus is the limiting random variable appearing in the superdiffusive regime. Building on a link between the elephant random walk and Pólya-type urn models, we prove a fixed-point equation (or system in dimension two and larger) for the limiting variable. Based on this, we deduce several properties of the limit distribution, such as the existence of a density with support on $\mathbb R^d$ for $d\in\{1,2,3\}$, and we bring evidence for a similar result for $d\geq 4$. We also investigate the moment-generating function of the limit and give, in dimension $1$, a non-linear recurrence relation for the moments.
title A fixed-point equation approach for the superdiffusive elephant random walk
topic Probability
60E05, 60E10, 60J10, 60G50
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.14630