Universal Record Statistics of Random Walks and Lévy Flights

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DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.101.050601zbMATH Open1228.82037arXiv0806.0057OpenAlexW2163187896WikidataQ81913543 ScholiaQ81913543MaRDI QIDQ3107653FDOQ3107653

Satya N. Majumdar, R. M. Ziff

Publication date: 26 December 2011

Published in: Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is shown that statistics of records for time series generated by random walks are independent of the details of the jump distribution, as long as the latter is continuous and symmetric. In N steps, the mean of the record distribution grows as the sqrt(4N/pi) while the standard deviation grows as sqrt((2-4/pi) N), so the distribution is non-self-averaging. The mean shortest and longest duration records grow as sqrt(N/pi) and 0.626508... N, respectively. The case of a discrete random walker is also studied, and similar asymptotic behavior is found.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.0057





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