Mathematics – Probability
Scientific paper
2006-06-29
Annals of Probability 2006, Vol. 34, No. 3, 870-878
Mathematics
Probability
Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009117905000000837 in the Annals of Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aop/) by the Ins
Scientific paper
10.1214/009117905000000837
We introduce a simple technique for proving the transience of certain processes defined on the random tree $\mathcal{G}$ generated by a supercritical branching process. We prove the transience for once-reinforced random walks on $\mathcal{G}$, that is, a generalization of a result of Durrett, Kesten and Limic [Probab. Theory Related Fields 122 (2002) 567--592]. Moreover, we give a new proof for the transience of a family of biased random walks defined on $\mathcal{G}$. Other proofs of this fact can be found in [Ann. Probab. 16 (1988) 1229--1241] and [Ann. Probab. 18 (1990) 931--958] as part of more general results. A similar technique is applied to a vertex-reinforced jump process. A by-product of our result is that this process is transient on the 3-ary tree. Davis and Volkov [Probab. Theory Related Fields 128 (2004) 42--62] proved that a vertex-reinforced jump process defined on the $b$-ary tree is transient if $b\ge 4$ and recurrent if $b=1$. The case $b=2$ is still open.
Collevecchio Andrea
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