Uniform Distribution Theory
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Journal

Uniform Distribution Theory


Volume
& Issue

Volume 14, Issue 2


Published
on

March 12, 2019


Pages

73-86


DOI

Article

On the Discrepancy of Random Walks on the Circle

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Authors

Alina Bazarova Affiliation:
Institute for Biological Physics, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
, Istvan Berkes Affiliation:
Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Budapest, Hungary
and Marko Raseta Affiliation:
Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences and Research Institute, University of Keele, Staffordshire


Abstract

Let \( X_1, X_2, \ldots \) be i.i.d. absolutely continuous random variables, let \( S_k = \sum_{j=1}^{k} X_j \pmod 1 \) and let \( D_N^* \) denote the star discrepancy of the sequence \( (S_k)_{1 \leq k \leq N} \). We determine the limit distribution of \( \sqrt{N} D_N^* \) and the weak limit of the sequence \( \sqrt{N}(F_N(t) - t) \) in the Skorohod space \( D[0,1] \), where \( F_N(t) \) denotes the empirical distribution function of the sequence \( (S_k)_{1 \leq k \leq N} \).


Keywords

i.i.d. sums mod 1, empirical distribution, discrepancy, weak convergence.


Citation

Bazarova, A., Berkes, I., & Raseta, M. (2019). On the discrepancy of random walks on the circle. Uniform Distribution Theory, 14(2), 73–86. https://doi.org/10.2478/udt-2019-0015

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