Central limit theorems for Gromov hyperbolic groups (Q1960232)

This paper proves a central limit theorem and a law of iterated logarithm for symmetric and nondegenerate random walks on transient hyperbolic groups, extending previous results for certain CAT\((-1)\)-groups. If \((X,d)\) is a Gromov hyperbolic space satisfying certain conditions, and \(\mu\) is a symmetric probability measure on \(\Gamma\), also satisfying certain conditions, then there is a positive constant \(\sigma\) such that \[ {1 \over \sqrt{n}}\left(d(Z_n x_0,x_0)-nA(\mu)\right) \] converges weakly to a nondegenerate Gaussian distribution and \[ \limsup_{n \to \infty} {d(Z_nx_0,x_0)-nA(\mu)) \over \sqrt{n \log n \log n}}=\sigma>0 \text{ a.s. } \]