Ben Hambly's research page

Recent Papers

  • L.G. Gyurko, B.M. Hambly and J.H. Witte, Monte Carlo methods via a dual approach for some discrete time stochastic control problems.

  • S. Andres, M.T. Barlow, J-D. Deuschel and B.M. Hambly, Invariance principle for the random conductance model.

  • D.W-C. Miao and B.M. Hambly, Recursive formulas for the default probability distribution of a heterogeneous group of defaultable entities.

  • N. Aleksandrov and B.M. Hambly, Liquidity modelling and optimal liquidation in bond markets.

    • Published Papers since 2000

  • D.A. Croydon, B.M. Hambly and T. Kumagai, Convergence of mixing times for sequences of random walks on finite graphs. Elec. J. Probab. 17, No 3, 1--32, 2012.

  • N. Bush, B.M. Hambly, H. Haworth, L. Jin and C. Reisinger, Stochastic evolution equations in portfolio credit modelling SIAM J. Fin. Math. 2, 627--664, 2011.

  • J.D. Biggins, B.M. Hambly and O.D. Jones, Multifractal spectra for random self-similar measures via branching processes Adv. Appl. Prob. 43, 1--39, 2011.

  • B.M. Hambly, Asymptotics for functions associated with heat flow on the Sierpinski carpet, Canadian J. Math 63, 153--180, 2011.

  • D.A. Croydon and B.M. Hambly, Spectral asymptotics for stable trees, Elec. J. Probab. 15, 1772--1801, 2010.

  • N. Aleksandrov and B.M. Hambly, A dual approach to multiple exercise option problems under constraints, Math. Methods in Oper. Res. 71, 503--533, 2010.

  • B.M. Hambly and T. Kumagai, Diffusion on the scaling limit of the critical percolation cluster in the diamond hierarchical lattice, Comm. Math. Phys. 295, 29--69, 2010.

  • B.M. Hambly and T.J. Lyons, Uniqueness for the signature of a path of bounded variation and the reduced path group, Ann. Math. 171, 109--167, 2010.

  • B.M. Hambly and T.J. Lyons, Some notes on trees and paths, (an appendix to `Uniqueness for the signature of a path of bounded variation and the reduced path group').

  • B.M. Hambly, S. Howison and T. Kluge, Modelling spikes and pricing swing options in electricity markets, Quant. Fin. 9, 937--949, 2009.

  • M.T. Barlow and B.M. Hambly, Parabolic Harnack inequality and local limit theorem for percolation clusters. Elec. J. Probab. 14, 1--26, 2009.

  • D.A. Croydon and B.M. Hambly, Local limit theorems for sequences of simple random walks on graphs. Pot. Anal. 29, 351--389, 2008.

  • D.A. Croydon and B.M. Hambly, Self-similarity and spectral asymptotics for the continuum random tree. Stoch. Proc. Applic. 118, 730--754, 2008.

  • B.M. Hambly and L. Jones, Number variance from a probabilistic perspective: infinite systems of independent Brownian motions and symmetric $\alpha$-stable processes. Elec. J. Probab. 12, 862--887, 2007.

  • B.M. Hambly and L. Jones, Erratum: Number variance from a probabilistic perspective: infinite systems of independent Brownian motions and symmetric $\alpha$-stable processes. Elec. J. Probab. 14, 2009.

  • B.M. Hambly and J. B. Martin, Heavy tails in last passage percolation. Probab. Theory and related fields. 137, 227-275, 2007.

  • B.M. Hambly, V. Metz and A. Teplyaev, Self-similar energies on p.c.f. self-similar fractals. J. London Math. Soc. 74, 93-112, 2006.

  • B.M. Hambly and M.L. Lapidus, Random fractal strings: their zeta functions, complex dimensions and spectral asymptotics. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 358, 285--314, 2006.

  • B.M. Hambly and T. Kumagai, Heat kernel estimates for symmetric random walks on a class of fractal graphs and stability under rough isometries, in Fractal Geometry and applications: a jubilee of Benoit Mandelbrot, Proc. Symp. Pure Math. 72, Part 2, 233-259, 2004.

  • B.M. Hambly and J.H. Jordan, A random hierarchical lattice: the series-parallel graph and its properties, Adv. Appl. Prob. 36, 824-838, 2004.

  • N. Meinshausen and B.M. Hambly, Monte Carlo methods for the valuation of multiple exercise options, Math. Finance, 14, 557-583, 2004.

  • B.M. Hambly and T. Kumagai, Heat kernel estimates and law of the iterated logarithm for symmetric random walks on fractal graphs, Proc. of the JAMS symposium "Discrete Analysis and related topics", Contemporary Mathematics 347, pp153-172, 2004.

  • B.M. Hambly and T. Kumagai, Diffusion processes on fractal fields: heat kernel estimates and large deviations, Probab. Theory and Related Fields, 127, 305--352, 2003.

  • B.M. Hambly, G. Kersting and A.E. Kyprianou, Law of the iterated logarithm for oscillating random walks conditioned to stay positive, Stoch. Proc. Applic. 108, 327--343, 2003

  • B.M. Hambly and O.D. Jones, Thick and thin points for random recursive fractals, Adv. Appl. Probab. 35, 251--277, 2003

  • B.M. Hambly and S.O. Nyberg, Finitely ramified graph directed fractals, spectral asymptotics and the multidimensional renewal theorem, Proc. Edin. Math. Soc. 46, 1--34, 2003.

  • B.M. Hambly, Fractals and the modelling of self-similarity, Chapter 10 of Handbook of Statistics, vol 21, pp 371--406, 2003.

  • B.M. Hambly and T.Kumagai, Asymptotics for the spectral and walk dimension as fractals approach Euclidean space, Fractals 10, 403--412, 2002.

  • B.M. Hambly, J. Martin and N. O'Connell, Concentration results for a Brownian directed percolation problem, Stoch. Proc. Applic. 102, 207--220, 2002.

  • B.M. Hambly, K. Hattori and T. Hattori, Self-repelling walk on the Sierpinski gasket, Probab. Theory Related Fields, 124, 1--25, 2002.

  • R.F. Bass, B.M. Hambly and T.J. Lyons, Extending the Wong-Zakai theorem to reversible Markov processes, J. Euro. Math. Soc. 4, 237--269, 2002.

  • B.M. Hambly, J. Kigami and T. Kumagai, Multifractal formalisms for the local spectral and walk dimensions, Math. Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 132, 555--571, 2002.

  • B.M. Hambly and O.D. Jones, Asymptotically one dimensional diffusion on the Sierpinski gasket and multitype branching processes with varying environment, J. Theor. Prob. 15, 285--322, 2002.

  • B.M. Hambly, J. Martin and N. O'Connell, Pitman's 2M-X Theorem for skip-free random walks with Markovian increments, Elec. Comm. Probab. 6, 73--77, 2001.

  • B.M. Hambly and T. Kumgai, Fluctuation of the transition density for Brownian motion on random recursive Sierpinski gaskets, Stoch. Proc. Applic. 92, 61--85, 2001

  • B.M. Hambly, P. Keevash, N. O'Connell and D. Stark, The characteristic polynomial of a random permutation matrix, Stoch. Proc. Applic. 90, 335--346, 2000

  • A.J. Ganesh, B.M. Hambly, N. O'Connell, D. Stark and P. Upton, Poissonian behaviour of Ising spin systems in an external field, J. Stat. Phys. 99, 613--626, 2000

  • B.M. Hambly, T. Kumagai, S. Kusuoka and X.Y. Zhou, Transition density estimates for diffusion processes on homogeneous random Sierpinski carpets, J. Math. Soc. Japan, 52, 373--408, 2000

  • B.M. Hambly, Heat kernels and spectral asymptotics for some random Sierpinski gaskets, in Proceedings of the conference `Fractal geometry and stochastics II'. Ed: C Bandt, S. Graf and M. Zahle, pp 239--267, 2000

  • B.M. Hambly On the asymptotics of the eigenvalue counting function for random recursive Sierpinski gaskets, Probab. Theory Related Fields, 117, 221--247, 2000