Limit distributions for minimal displacement of branching random walks (Q811014)

We study the minimal displacement \((X_ n)\) of branching random walk with non-negative steps. It is shown that \((X_ n-E X_ n)\) is tight under a mild moment condition on the displacements. For supercritical B.R.W. \((X_ n)\) converges almost surely. For critical B.R.W. we determine the possible limit points of \((X_ n-E X_ n)\), and we prove a generalization of Kolmogorov's theorem on the extinction probability of a critical branching process. Finally we generalize Bramson's results on the almost sure convergence of \(X_ n \log 2/\log \log n\).