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Dual random fragmentation and coagulation and an application to the genealogy of Yule processes

Probability 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to describe a duality between a fragmentation associated to certain Dirichlet distributions and a natural random coagulation. The dual fragmentation and coalescent chains arising in this setting appear in the description of the genealogy of Yule processes.

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@article{arxiv.math/0408128,
  title  = {Dual random fragmentation and coagulation and an application to the genealogy of Yule processes},
  author = {Jean Bertoin and Christina Goldschmidt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0408128},
  year   = {2007}
}

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14 pages