Conjecture on the displacement of a biased random walk on a tree

Let (Xn)n0(X_n)_{n\geq 0} be the random walk in a random environment on a tree, let Xn|X_n| denote the distance of the walk from the root, and let P\mathbb{P} be the governing probability measure. Assume

andand

. Displacement conjecture. Under P\mathbb{P}, on the set of non-extinction, Xn(logn)2\frac{|X_n|}{(\log n)^2} converges weakly to a limit law which is finite and strictly positive. This conjecture concerns the position of the walk at time nn, whose order of magnitude is stated to be unknown, while the maximum displacement up to time nn has order of magnitude (logn)3(\log n)^3. The source presents the claim as an expectation and gives no resolution.

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Yueyun Hu and Zhan Shi, “The maximal potential energy of biased random walks on trees”, arXiv:1403.6799 (2025).

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