Infinite Limits and Infinite Limit Points of Random Walks and Trimmed Sums
Kesten, Harry ; Maller, R. A.
Ann. Probab., Tome 22 (1994) no. 4, p. 1473-1513 / Harvested from Project Euclid
We consider infinite limit points (in probability) for sums and lightly trimmed sums of i.i.d. random variables normalized by a nonstochastic sequence. More specifically, let $X_1, X_2, \ldots$ be independent random variables with common distribution $F$. Let $M^{(r)}_n$ be the $r$th largest among $X_1, \ldots, X_n$; also let $X^{(r)}_n$ be the observation with the $r$th largest absolute value among $X_1, \ldots, X_n$. Set $S_n = \sum^n_1X_i, ^{(r)}S_n = S_n - M^{(1)}_n - \cdots - M^{(r)}_n$ and $^{(r)}\tilde{S}_n = S_n - X^{(1)}_n - \cdots - X^{(r)}_n (^{(0)}\tilde{S}_n = ^{(0)}\tilde{S}_n = S_n)$. We find simple criteria in terms of $F$ for $^{(r)}S_n/B_n \rightarrow p \pm \infty$ (i.e., $^{(r)}S_n/B_n$ tends to $\infty$ or to $-\infty$ in probability) or $^{(r)}\tilde{S}_n/B_n \rightarrow p \pm \infty$ when $r = 0, 1, \ldots$. Here $B_n \uparrow \infty$ may be given in advance, or its existence may be investigated. In particular, we find a necessary and sufficient condition for $^{(r)}S_n/n \rightarrow p \infty$. Some equivalences for the divergence of $|^{(r)}\tilde{S}_n|/|X^{(r)}_n|$, or of $^{(r)}S_n/(X^-)^{(s)}_n$, where $(X^-)^{(s)}_n$ is the $s$th largest of the negative parts of the $X_i$, and for the convergence $P\{S_n > 0\}\rightarrow 1$, as $n\rightarrow\infty$, are also proven. In some cases we treat divergence along a subsequence as well, and one such result provides an equivalence for a generalized iterated logarithm law due to Pruitt.
Publié le : 1994-07-14
Classification:  Trimmed sums,  order statistics,  relative stability,  infinite limit points,  60F15,  60J15,  60F05,  62G30
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Kesten, Harry; Maller, R. A. Infinite Limits and Infinite Limit Points of Random Walks and Trimmed Sums. Ann. Probab., Tome 22 (1994) no. 4, pp.  1473-1513. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1176988609/