On multitype branching processes in a random environment (Q5917409)

For a critical multitype Galton-Watson process in an i.i.d. random environment the probability of extinction at time \(T\) is shown to be of order \(T^{-3/2}\) as \(T\to\infty\). This generalizes a result of \textit{V. A. Vatutin} and the author [Discrete Math. Appl. 7, No. 5, 469-496 (1997); translation from Diskretn. Mat. 9, No. 4, 100-126 (1997; Zbl 0977.60088)] concerning the monotype case.