English

Ruin probabilities as recurrence sequences in a discrete-time risk process

Probability 2023-02-14 v1

Abstract

We apply the theory of linear recurrence sequences to find an expression for the ultimate ruin probability in a discrete-time risk process. We assume the claims follow an arbitrary distribution with support {0,1,,m}\{0,1,\ldots,m\}, for some integer m2m\ge2. The method requires to find the zeroes of an mm degree polynomial and to solve a system of mm linear equations. An approximation is derived from the exact ruin formula and several numerical results and plots are provided as examples.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2302.05568,
  title  = {Ruin probabilities as recurrence sequences in a discrete-time risk process},
  author = {David J. Santana and Luis Rincón},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.05568},
  year   = {2023}
}
R2 v1 2026-06-28T08:37:31.925Z