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A Mean Field Approximation of the Bolker-Pacala Population Model

Probability 2013-12-13 v2

Abstract

We approximate the Bolker-Pacala model of population dynamics with the logistic Markov chain and analyze the latter. We find the asymptotics of the degenerated hypergeometric function and use these to prove a local CLT and large deviations result. We also state global limit theorems and obtain asymptotics for the first passage time to the boundary of a large interval.

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@article{arxiv.1302.1169,
  title  = {A Mean Field Approximation of the Bolker-Pacala Population Model},
  author = {Mariya Bessonov and Stanislav Molchanov and Joseph Whitmeyer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.1169},
  year   = {2013}
}