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Understanding the Wiener–Hopf factorization for the simple random walk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Joanne Kennedy
Joanne Kennedy*
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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∗ Present address: Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3TG, UK.
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Abstract

We give a sample path proof of the well-known Wiener–Hopf identity F = G– + G+ – G– ∗G+ which relates the ladder-height distributions G– and G+ of a simple random walk to the step distribution F. Unlike previous approaches this direct proof is both simple and intuitive.

Keywords

LADDER-HEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONSAMPLE PATH METHODS
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , June 1994 , pp. 561 - 563
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1994 

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Footnotes

Research supported by the SERC.

References

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