Capacity of the range in dimension 5

Authors
Citation
Schapira Bruno, Capacity of the range in dimension 5, Annals of probability (Online) , 48(6), 2020, pp. 2988-3040
ISSN journal
2168894X
Volume
48
Issue
6
Year of publication
2020
Pages
2988 - 3040
Database
ACNP
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Abstract
We prove a central limit theorem for the capacity of the range of a symmetric random walk on Z5, under only a moment condition on the step distribution. The result is analogous to the central limit theorem for the size of the range in dimension three, obtained by Jain and Pruitt in 1971. In particular, an atypical logarithmic correction appears in the scaling of the variance. The proof is based on new asymptotic estimates, which hold in any dimension d.5, for the probability that the ranges of two independent random walks intersect. The latter are then used for computing covariances of some intersection events at the leading order.