Convergence of dependent walks in a random scenery to fBm-local time fractional stable motions

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Abstract: It is classical to approximate the distribution of fractional Brownian motion by a renormalized sum Sn of dependent Gaussian random variables. In this paper we consider such a walk Zn that collects random rewards xij for jinmathbbZ, when the ceiling of the walk Sn is located at j. The random reward (or scenery) xij is independent of the walk and with heavy tail. We show the convergence of the sum of independent copies of Zn suitably renormalized to a stable motion with integral representation, whose kernel is the local time of a fractional Brownian motion (fBm). This work extends a previous work where the random walk Sn had independent increments limits.


After giving some motivations the authors explain their concept of a random walk in a random scenery, and they assume the elements of this scenery belonging to the normal domain of attraction of a stable symmetric distribution of index \(\beta \in (0, 2)\). Stated simply, a random walk in a random scenery is a cumulative sum process whose summands are drawn from the scenery, the order in which the summands are drawn is determined by the path of the random walk. Best in the authors' own words: We consider a walk \(Z_n\) that collects random rewards \(\xi_j\) (for \(j\) running through the integers) when the ceiling of the walk \(S_n\) (which is a renormalized sum of dependent Gaussian random variables) is located at \(j\). The random reward (or scenery) \(\xi_j\) is independent of the walk and with heavy tail. We show the convergence of the sum of independent copies of \(Z_n\) suitably renormalized to a stable motion with integral representation, whose kernel is the local time of a fractional Brownian motion (fBm). This work extends a previous work where the random walk \(S_n\) had independent increment limits.











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