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A note on explosiveness of Markov branching processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

D. R. Grey*
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield
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Postal address: Department of Probability and Statistics, The University, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK.
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Abstract

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It is shown that no condition of the form E[g(N)] =∞, where N denotes a typical family size, is sufficient for explosiveness of a Markov branching process.

Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1989 

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