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A simple proof of the L\'evy--Khintchine formula for subordinators

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Abstract

We present a relatively simple and mostly elementary proof of the L\'evy--Khintchine formula for subordinators. The main idea is to study the Poisson process time-changed by the subordinator. The technical tools used are conditional expectations, probability generating function and convergence of discrete random variables.

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@article{arxiv.2011.07324,
  title  = {A simple proof of the L\'evy--Khintchine formula for subordinators},
  author = {Yuri Yakubovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.07324},
  year   = {2023}
}

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6 pages