On the free energy of a directed polymer in a Brownian environment

Abstract

We prove a formula conjectured in O'Connell and Yor (2001) for the free energy density of a directed polymer in a Brownian environment in 1+1 dimensions.

15 pages. To appear in Markov Processes and Related Filelds (J.T. Lewis special edition)

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