Limit theorem for reflected random walks

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Abstract: Let xi n , n in N be a sequence of i.i.d. random variables with values in Z. The associated random walk on Z is S(n) = xi 1 + imes imes imes + xi n+1 and the corresponding "reflected walk" on N 0 is the Markov chain X(n), n in N, given by X(0) = x in N 0 and X(n + 1) = |X(n) + xi n+1 | for n ge 0. It is well know that the reflected walk (X(n)) nge0 is null-recurrent when the xi n are square integrable and centered. In this paper, we prove that the process (X(n)) nge0 , properly rescaled, converges in distribution towards the reflected Brownian motion on R + , when E[xi 2 n ] < +infty, E[(max(0, --xi n) 3 ] < +infty and the xi n are aperiodic and centered.












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