Infinitely divisible limit processes for the Ewens sampling formula (Q1873254)
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Infinitely divisible limit processes for the Ewens sampling formula (English)
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19 May 2003
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This paper is concerned with infinitely divisible limit processes for the Ewens sampling formula. The formula states that if there are no selection effects, the numbers of alleles \(k_1,k_2,\dots,k_n\) represented \(1,2,\dots,n\) times, respectively, in a sample of \(n\) genes are \[ \frac{n!}{v(v+1)\cdots (v+n-1)}\prod^n_{j=1} (v/j)^{k_j}/k_j,\quad v> 0,\;k_j\geq 0, \] where \(k_1 + 2k_2+\cdots nk_n = n\). The authors show that under very general conditions a partial sum process of dependent variables converges weakly in a function space if and only if the corresponding process for independent random variables converges weakly. Necessary and sufficient conditions are established for weak convergence to a stable process, but it is shown by a counterexample that these conditions are not necessary for the one-dimensional convergence.
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random partition
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population genetics
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allelic partition
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permutation
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probabilistic number theory
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Skorokhod topology
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functional limit theorem
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stable process
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