Genealogy of flows of continuous-state branching processes via flows of partitions and the Eve property (Q405488): Difference between revisions

The branching mechanism \(\Psi\) of a continuous-state branching process (CSBP) \((Z_t)_{t\geq 0}\) is said to satisfy the Eve property if there exists a random variable \(e\) with values in \([0,1]\) such that \(\lim_{t\uparrow T}\,m_t/m_t([0,1])= \delta_e\) a.s.\ in the sense of weak convergence of probability measures. Here, \(T:=\inf\{t\geq 0: Z_t\notin (0,\infty)\}\) and \((m_t)_{t\in[0,T)}\) is a measure-valued process starting at the Lebesgue measure on \([0,1]\) and such that \((m_t([0,x]))_{t\geq 0}\) and \((m_t((x,1]))_{t\geq 0}\) are two independent CSBPs with the branching mechanism \(\Psi\). The author shows that \(e\) necessarily has the uniform \([0,1]\) law and investigates the Eve property in connection with the genealogy of the CSBP. To this end, a new object, called a stochastic flow of partitions associated with a branching mechanism, is introduced which unifies the flow of subordinators of \textit{J. Bertoin} and \textit{J.-F.\thinspace Le Gall} [Probab. Theory Relat. Fields 117, No. 2, 249--266 (2000; Zbl 0963.60086)] and the lookdown representation of \textit{P. Donnelly} and \textit{T. G. Kurtz} [Ann. Probab. 27, No. 1, 166--205 (1999; Zbl 0956.60081)] when the Eve property holds. For the latter to be true, a necessary and sufficient condition is given.