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Joseph G. Conlon
Homogenization of Random Walk in Asymmetric Random Environment
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Published: |
February 23, 2002 |
Keywords: |
random walk, homogenization, random environment |
Subject: |
35R60, 60H30, 60J60 |
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Abstract
In this paper, the author investigates the scaling limit of a partial difference
equation on the d dimensional integer lattice Zd, corresponding to a
translation invariant random walk perturbed by a random vector field. In the
case when the translation invariant walk scales to a Cauchy process he
proves convergence to an effective equation on Rd. The effective equation
corresponds to a Cauchy process perturbed by a constant vector field. In the
case when the translation invariant walk scales to Brownian motion he
shows that the scaling limit, if it exists, depends on dimension. For
d=1,2 he provides evidence that the scaling limit cannot be diffusion.
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Author information
University of Michigan, Department of Mathematics, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1109
conlon@math.lsa.umich.edu
http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~conlon/
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