On the local time of random walks associated with Gegenbauer polynomials (Q662870)

The author studies local times of random walks on the nonnegative integers whose transition probabilities are associated with Gegenbauer polynomials. In particular, in the recurrent case with parameters \(\alpha\in [-1/1,0[\), a limit distribution in terms of a Mittag-Leffler distribution is given. The proof is based on a local central limit theorem. As a by-product, the limits of local times for certain birth-and-death processes are determined.