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  <a href="search/?q=an%3A0684.60013">Zbl 0684.60013</a><br />                    <a class="meta bold" href="search/?q=ai:bolthausen.erwin">Bolthausen, Erwin</a>            </div>
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  <strong>A note on the diffusion of directed polymers in a random environment.<span class="normal"> (English)</span></strong>
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            <a href="journals/?q=an:00000063">Commun. Math. Phys.</a>
             123, No.4, 529-534 (1989).
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    <p>Let <span><math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><mi>&#x3BE;</mi></math></span> (t), <span><math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><mrow><mi>t</mi><mo>&#x02208;</mo><mi>&#x2115;</mi></mrow></math></span>, be an ordinary symmetric random walk on <span><math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><msup><mrow><mi>&#x2124;</mi></mrow> <mi>d</mi> </msup></math></span>, <span><math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><mrow><mi>d</mi><mo>&gt;</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></math></span>, starting in 0. The trajectories of this walk <span><math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><mi>&#x3BE;</mi></math></span> will be weighted with the help of the following discrete version of a time-space white noise.</p> <p>Independently of <span><math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><mi>&#x3BE;</mi></math></span> let h(t,y), <span><math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><mrow><mi>t</mi><mo>&#x02208;</mo><mi>&#x2115;</mi></mrow></math></span>, <span><math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><mrow><mi>y</mi><mo>&#x02208;</mo><msup><mrow><mi>&#x2124;</mi></mrow> <mi>d</mi> </msup></mrow></math></span>, be i.i.d. random variables which are <span><math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><mrow><mo>+</mo><mi>&#x3F5;</mi></mrow></math></span> or -<span><math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><mi>&#x3F5;</mi></math></span> with probability 1/2 where <span><math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><mi>&#x3F5;</mi></math></span> has to be chosen small enough. Set</p> <div><math mode='display' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><mrow><mi>&#x3BA;</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>T</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>:</mo><mo>=</mo><munderover><mo>&#x0220F;</mo> <mrow><mi>j</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow> <mi>T</mi> </munderover><mrow><mo>[</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>+</mo><mi>h</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>j</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>&#x3BE;</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>j</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>]</mo></mrow><mo>&#xB7;</mo></mrow></math></div> <p>Then for almost all h and all <span><math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><mrow><msub><mi>n</mi> <mn>1</mn> </msub><mo>,</mo><mo>&#xB7;</mo><mo>&#xB7;</mo><mo>&#xB7;</mo><mo>,</mo><msub><mi>n</mi> <mi>d</mi> </msub><mo>&#x02208;</mo><mi>&#x2115;</mi></mrow></math></span>, as T tends to infinity, <span><math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><mrow><msubsup><mo>&#x0220F;</mo> <mrow><mi>j</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow> <mi>d</mi> </msubsup><msup><mrow><mo>[</mo><msub><mi>&#x3BE;</mi> <mi>j</mi> </msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>T</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>/</mo><msqrt><mi>T</mi></msqrt><mo>]</mo></mrow> <msub><mi>n</mi> <mi>j</mi> </msub> </msup></mrow></math></span> and <span><math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><mi>&#x3BA;</mi></math></span> (T) are asymptotically uncorrelated.</p> <p>This generalizes a result of <font-italic-shape>J. Z. Imbrie</font-italic-shape> and <font-italic-shape>T. Spencer</font-italic-shape> [Diffusion of directed polymers in a random environment, J. Stat. Phys. 52, pp. 609 (1988)] and implies a central limit theorem. Simple martingale arguments are used in the proofs.</p>
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      <dd>Imbrie, J.Z., Spencer, T.: Diffusions of directed polymers in a random environment. J. Stat. Phys.52, 609 (1988) &middot; <a class="meta" href="search/?q=an:1084.82595">Zbl&nbsp;1084.82595</a> &middot; <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01019720">doi:10.1007/BF01019720</a></dd>
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