{ "id": "2004.12422", "version": "v1", "published": "2020-04-26T15:58:40.000Z", "updated": "2020-04-26T15:58:40.000Z", "title": "On a maximum of nearest-neighbor random walk with asymptotically zero drift on lattice of positive half line", "authors": [ "Hongyan Sun", "Hua-Ming Wang" ], "comment": "10 pages", "categories": [ "math.PR" ], "abstract": "Consider a nearest-neighbor random walk with certain asymptotically zero drift on the positive half line. Let $M$ be the maximum of an excursion starting from $1$ and ending at $0.$ We study the distribution of $M$ and characterize its asymptotics, which is quite different from those of simple random walks.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2020-04-26T15:58:40.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "60G50", "60J10" ], "keywords": [ "nearest-neighbor random walk", "positive half line", "asymptotically zero drift", "simple random walks", "distribution" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 10, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }