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The progeny of a branching process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

R. A. Doney
R. A. Doney*
Affiliation:
Imperial College
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1. Let {Z(t), t ≧ 0} be an age-dependent branching process with offspring generating function and life-time distribution function G(t). Denote by N(t) the progeny of the process, that is the total number of objects which have been born in [0, t], counting the ancestor. (See Section 2 for definitions.) Then in the Galton-Watson process (i.e., when G(t) = 0 for t ≦ 1, G(t) = 1 for t > 1) we have the simple relation Nn = Z0 + Z1 + ··· + Zn, so that the asymptotic behaviour of Nn as n → ∞ follows from a knowledge of the asymptotic behaviour of Zn. In particular, if 1 < m = h'(1) < ∞ and Zn(ω)/E(Zn) → Z(ω) > 0 then also Nn(ω)/E(Nn) → Z(ω) > 0; since E(Zn)/E(Nn) → 1 – m–1 this means that

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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , June 1971 , pp. 407 - 412
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1971 

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