We give sharp rates of convergence for a natural Markov chain on the space of phylogenetic trees and dually for the natural random walk on the set of perfect matchings in the complete graph on $2n$ vertices. Roughly, the results…

We prove a self-normalized large deviation principle for sums of Banach space valued functions of a Markov chain. Self-normalization applies to situations for which a full large deviation principle is not available. We follow the lead of Dembo and Shao…

Using the techniques of the stochastic calculus of variations for Gaussian processes, we derive an It^{o} formula for the fractional Brownian sheet with Hurst parameters bigger than $1/2$. As an application, we give a stochastic integral representation for the local…

We consider in this paper the support $[L',R']$ of the one dimensional Integrated Super Brownian Excursion. We determine the distribution of $(R',L')$ through a modified Laplace transform. Then we give an explicit value for the first two moments of $R'$…

We consider a nearest-neighbor stochastic process on a rooted tree $G$ which goes toward the root with probability $1-\varepsilon$ when it visits a vertex for the first time. At all other times it behaves like a simple random walk on…

We consider one-dimensional stochastic differential equations with a boundary condition, driven by a Poisson process. We study existence and uniqueness of solutions and the absolute continuity of the law of the solution. In the case when the coefficients are linear,…

We give two algorithms that allow to get arbitrary precision asymptotics for the harmonic potential of a random walk.

In this paper a necesary and sufficient condition is established for the probability that a Lévy process is positive at time $t$ to tend to 1 as $t$ tends to 0. This condition is expressed in terms of the characteristics…

We study the models of competition and spreading of infection for infinite systems of independent random walks. For the competition model, we investigate the question whether one of the spins prevails with probability one. For the infection spreading, we give…

Proofs and two applications of two general results are given concerning the problem of establishing interior smoothness of probabilistic solutions of elliptic degenerate equations.