On largest offspring in a critical branching process with finite variance

DOI10.1239/JAP/1378401236zbMATH Open1277.60045arXiv1209.3854OpenAlexW2038312395MaRDI QIDQ2854081FDOQ2854081

Authors: Jean Bertoin 

Publication date: 17 October 2013

Published in: Journal of Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We continue our study of the distribution of the maximal number $X_k^{ast}$ of offsprings amongst all individuals in a critical Galton-Watson process started with $k$ ancestors, treating the case when the reproduction law has a regularly varying tail $$ with index $-alpha$ for $alpha>2$ (and hence finite variance). We show that $X_k^{ast}$ suitably normalized converges in distribution to a Frechet law with shape parameter $alpha/2$; this contrasts sharply with the case $1<alpha<2$ when the variance is infinite. More generally, we obtain a weak limit theorem for the offspring sequence ranked in the decreasing order, in terms of atoms of a certain doubly stochastic Poisson measure.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.3854

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zbMATH Keywords

extreme value theorybranching processCox processmaximal offspring

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05) Random measures (60G57) Branching processes (Galton-Watson, birth-and-death, etc.) (60J80)

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