On the Harris Recurrence of Iterated Random Lipschitz Functions and Related Convergence Rate Results

Journal of Theoretical Probability

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 217-247

  Alsmeyer, Gerold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drift condition; f ergodicity; Geometric ergodicity; Harris recurrence; Iterated function system; Level ladder epoch; Liapunov exponent; Lipschitz constant; Lipschitz map; Strictly contractive; Total variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037276389     PISSN: 08949840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022290807360     Document Type: Article

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