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We consider a one dimensional random walk in a random environment (RWRE) with a positive speed limn→∞ (Xn/) = υα > 0. Gantert and Zeitouni showed that if the environment has both positive and negative local drifts then the quenched slowdown probabilities P ω(Xn < xn) with x∈ (0,υα) decay approximately like exp{- n1-1/s} for a deterministic s > 1. More precisely, they showed that n -γ log Pω(Xn < xn) converges to 0 or -∞ depending on whether γ > 1 - 1/s or γ < 1 - 1/ s. In this paper, we improve on this by showing that n -1+1/s log P ω(Xn < xn) oscillates between 0 and -∞ , almost surely.
Advisor: | Peterson, Jonathon |
Commitee: | Banuelos, Rodrigo, Ward, Mark Daniel, Yip, Nung Kwan |
School: | Purdue University |
Department: | Mathematics |
School Location: | United States -- Indiana |
Source: | DAI-B 78/03(E), Dissertation Abstracts International |
Source Type: | DISSERTATION |
Subjects: | Mathematics |
Keywords: | Large deviation, Probability, Random walk in random environment |
Publication Number: | 10170588 |
ISBN: | 978-1-369-24640-7 |