Long range random walks and associated geometries on groups of polynomial growth

Abstract

In the context of countable groups of polynomial volume growth, we consider a large class of random walks that are allowed to take long jumps along multiple subgroups according to power law distributions. For such a random walk, we study the large time behavior of its probability of return at time $n$ in terms of the key parameters describing the driving measure and the structure of the underlying group. We obtain assorted estimates including near-diagonal two-sided estimates and the Holder continuity of the solutions of the associated discrete parabolic difference equation. In each case, these estimates involve the construction of a geometry adapted to the walk.