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On the maximal displacement of critical branching random walk in random environment

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  • Fu, Wenxin
  • Hong, Wenming

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In this article, we consider the maximal displacement of critical branching random walk in random environment. Let Mn be the maximal displacement of a particle in generation n, and Zn be the total population in generation n, M be the rightmost point ever reached by the branching random walk. Under some reasonable conditions, we prove a conditional limit theorem: L(σ−1/2n−3/4Mn|Zn>0)⟹L(AΛ), where random variable AΛ is related to a standard Brownian meander. And there exist some positive constant C1 and C2, such that C1⩽lim infx→∞x−2/3P(M>x)⩽lim supx→∞x−2/3P(M>x)⩽C2. Compared with the constant environment case (Lalley and Shao (2015)), it reveals that, the conditional limit speed for Mn in random environment (i.e., n3/4) is significantly greater than that of constant environment case (i.e., n1/2), and so is the tail probability for M (i.e., x−2/3 vs x−2). Our method is based on the path large deviation for the reduced critical branching random walk in random environment.

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  • Fu, Wenxin & Hong, Wenming, 2026. "On the maximal displacement of critical branching random walk in random environment," Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Elsevier, vol. 199(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:spapps:v:199:y:2026:i:c:s0304414926001055
    DOI: 10.1016/j.spa.2026.104973
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