Optimal bounds for the variance of self-intersection local times

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Abstract: For a random walk Sn,ngeq0 in mathbbZd, let l(n,x) be its local time at the site xinmathbbZd. Define the alpha-fold self intersection local time Ln(alpha):=sumxl(n,x)alpha, and let Ln(alpha|epsilon,d) the corresponding quantity for d-dimensional simple random walk. Without imposing any moment conditions, we show that the variances of the local times mathopvar(Ln(alpha)) of any genuinely d-dimensional random walk are bounded above by the corresponding characteristics of the simple symmetric random walk in mathbbZd, i.e. mathopvar(Ln(alpha))leqCmathopvar[Ln(alpha|epsilon,d)]simKd,alphavd,alpha(n). In particular, variances of local times of all genuinely d-dimensional random walks, dgeq4, are similar to the 4-dimensional symmetric case mathopvar(Ln(alpha))=O(n). On the other hand, in dimensions dleq3 the resemblance to the simple random walk liminfnoinftymathopvar(Ln(alpha))/vd,alpha(n)>0 implies that the jumps must have zero mean and finite second moment.









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