Extreme values, range and weak convergence of integrals of Markov chains

Abstract

A study is made of the maximum, minimum and range on [0,t] of the integral processwhereSis a finite state-space Markov chain. Approximate results are derived by establishing weak convergence of a sequence of such processes to a Wiener process. For a particular family of two-state stationary Markov chains we show that the corresponding centered integral processes exhibit the Hurst phenomenon to a remarkable degree in their pre-asymptotic behaviour.