Classes of Skorokhod Embeddings for the Simple Symmetric Random Walk

The Skorokhod Embedding problem is well understood when the underlying process is a Brownian motion. We examine the problem when the underlying is the simple symmetric random walk and when no external randomisation is allowed. We prove that any measure on Z can be embedded by means of a minimal stopping time. However, in sharp contrast to the Brownian setting, we show that the set of measures which can be embedded in a uniformly integrable way is strictly smaller then the set of centered probability measures: specifically it is a fractal set which we characterise as an iterated function system. Finally, we define the natural extension of several known constructions from the Brownian setting and show that these constructions require us to further restrict the sets of target laws.

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Source https://hal.science/hal-00093079
Author Cox, Alexander, Obloj, Jan
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 7, 2026, 10:20 (UTC)
Created May 7, 2026, 10:20 (UTC)
Identifier hal-00093079
Language en
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contributor Department of Mathematical Sciences ; University of Bath [Bath]
creator Cox, Alexander
date 2006-09-12T00:00:00
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harvest_source_title test moissonnage SELUNE
metadata_modified 2025-09-29T00:00:00
relation info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/arxiv/math.PR/0609330
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