Abstract:
For the sums $S(n)=X(1)+\dots+X(n)$ of independent identically distributed random variables with zero mean, we determine the first passage time
$$
\eta_y=\inf\bigl\{n\ge 1:S(n)\ge y\bigr\}
$$
across the level $y\ge 0$ from below to above by the random walk $\bigl\{S(n);\,n=1,2,\dots\bigr\}$. We obtain a local theorem for this random variable, i. e., we find asymptotics of $\mathbb P(\eta_y=n)$ for a fixed level $y\ge 0$ as $n\to\infty$.
Key words:random walk, the first hitting time of a fixed level, the nonlattice distribution condition, the arithmeticity condition, nonlattice distribution, local theorem.