Critical branching processes in random environment and Cauchy domain of attraction
Probability
2019-11-01 v2
Abstract
We are interested in the survival probability of a population modeled by a critical branching process in an i.i.d. random environment. We assume that the random walk associated with the branching process is oscillating and satisfies a Spitzer condition , which is a standard condition in fluctuation theory of random walks. Unlike the previously studied case , we investigate the case where the offspring distribution is in the domain of attraction of a stable law with parameter , which implies that or . We find the asymptotic behaviour of the survival probability of the population in these two cases.
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@article{arxiv.1910.13190,
title = {Critical branching processes in random environment and Cauchy domain of attraction},
author = {Congzao Dong and Charline Smadi and Vladimir A. Vatutin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.13190},
year = {2019}
}