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Theory Stoch. Process., 2015 Volume 20(36), Issue 2, Pages 42–53 (Mi thsp101)

Integral equation for the transition density of the multidimensional Markov random flight

Alexander D. Kolesnik

Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, Academy Street 5, Kishinev 2028, Moldova

Abstract: We consider the Markov random flight $\mathbf{X}(t)$ in the Euclidean space $\Bbb R^m, \; m\ge 2,$ starting from the origin $0\in\Bbb R^m$ that, at Poisson-paced times, changes its direction at random according to arbitrary distribution on the unit $(m-1)$-dimensional sphere $S^m(0,1)$ having absolutely continuous density. For any time instant $t>0$, the convolution-type recurrent relations for the joint and conditional densities of the process $\mathbf{X}(t)$ and of the number of changes of direction, are obtained. Using these relations, we derive an integral equation for the transition density of $\mathbf{X}(t)$ whose solution is given in the form of a uniformly convergent series composed of the multiple double convolutions of the singular component of the density with itself. Two important particular cases of the uniform distribution on $S^m( 0,1)$ and of the circular Gaussian law on the unit circle $S^2(0,1)$ are considered separately.

Keywords: Random flight, continuous-time random walk, joint density, conditional density, convolution, transition density, integral equation, Fourier transform, characteristic function, uniform distribution on sphere, circular Gaussian law.

MSC: 60K35, 60K99, 60J60, 60J65, 82C41, 82C70

Language: English



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