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A note on a functional equation arising in Galton-Watson branching processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Krishna B. Athreya
Krishna B. Athreya*
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin
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Abstract

The functional equation ϕ(mu) = h(ϕ(u)) where is a probability generating function with 1 < m = h'(1 –) < ∞ and where F(t) is a non-decreasing right continuous function with F(0 –) = 0, F(0 +) < 1 and F(+ ∞) = 1 arises in a Galton-Watson process in a natural way. We prove here that for any if and only if This unifies several results in the literature on the supercritical Galton-Watson process. We generalize this to an age dependent branching process case as well.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , September 1971 , pp. 589 - 598
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1971 

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