Objective
Classical random walks (CRW) have been studied for centuries, and very detailed information is known about them. However, most of the techniques for studying CRW are based on the complete regularity and the group structure of the medium. When modeling real world phenomena, this regularity assumption rarely holds, and therefore CRW is not a sufficient model. As a result, a number of non-classical models of random walk have been suggested. These models are believed to better model actual natural processes. One of the most studied of non-classical random walk models is random walk in random environment (RWRE). In RWRE the medium ("environment") in which the process takes place is random, and the law of the random walk varies as a function of the location. RWRE can model, for instance, the motion of an electron in an alloy, the movement of enzymes along a DNA sequence and many other processes. Since the CRW methodology does not work for RWRE (and, in fact, neither for other non-classical models of random walk), new methodology needed to be developed. The purpose of this project is to contribute to the study of RWRE by improving the existing methods and by developing new ones. We will work on some of the most important problems in the field, namely convergence and rate of convergence to Brownian motion for various RWRE models (e.g. reversible, perturbative and others), trapping and slowdown for RWRE models (e.g. ballistic and perturbative), ballisticity conditions, zero-one laws, and others. The output of this project is expected to contribute significantly to the understanding of RWRE systems.
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ERC-2009-StG
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Host institution
80333 Muenchen
Germany
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