Trees within trees. II: Nested fragmentations (Q2179628)

In this paper, the author introduces a definition homogeneous Markov fragmentation process with values on the set of pairs of nested partitions \(\mathcal{P}_S^{2,\le}\), defined as the set of pairs \((\zeta,\xi)\), where \(\zeta\) and \(\xi\) are partitions of a set S, such that \(\zeta\) is finer than \(\xi\). This notion generalizes the theory of nested coalescent processes studied in the paper [Electron. J. Probab. 23, Paper No. 94, 27 p. (2018; Zbl 1414.60021)] by \textit{A. Blancas} et al. As in the univariate setting, under exchangeability and branching assumptions, the author characterizes the jump measure of nested fragmentation processes, in terms of erosion coefficients and dislocation measures. Among the possible jumps of a nested fragmentation, three forms of erosion and two forms of dislocation are identified, one being specific to the nested setting and relating to a bivariate paintbox process.