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A Random Difference Equation with Dufresne Variables revisited

Probability 2014-10-08 v1

Abstract

The Dufresne laws (laws of product of independent random variables with gamma and beta distributions) occur as stationary distribution of certain Markov chains Xn X_n on R R defined by: \begin{equation} X_n = A_n ( X_{n-1} + B_n ) \end{equation} where X0,(A1,B1),...,(An,Bn) X_0 , (A_1,B_1),...,(A_n,B_n) are independent and the (Ai,Bi)(A_i,B_i)'s are identically distributed. This paper generalizes an explicit example where AA is the product of two independent βa,1,βb,1\beta_{a,1} , \beta_{b,1} and Bγ1B \sim \gamma_1 or γ2 \gamma_2 . Keywords: beta, gamma and Dufresne distributions,Markov chains, stationary distributions, hypergeometric differential equations, Poisson process.

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@article{arxiv.1410.1708,
  title  = {A Random Difference Equation with Dufresne Variables revisited},
  author = {Jean-François Chamayou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.1708},
  year   = {2014}
}

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11 pages, 2 tables, 1 figure

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