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Asymptotics of continuous-time discrete state space branching processes for large initial state

Probability 2021-05-05 v1

Abstract

Scaling limits for continuous-time branching processes with discrete state space are provided as the initial state tends to infinity. Depending on the finiteness or non-finiteness of the mean and/or the variance of the offspring distribution, the limits are in general time-inhomogeneous Gaussian processes, time-inhomogeneous generalized Ornstein-Uhlenbeck type processes or continuous-state branching processes. We also provide transfer results showing how specific asymptotic relations for the probability generating function of the offspring distribution carry over to those of the one-dimensional distributions of the branching process.

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@article{arxiv.2002.05940,
  title  = {Asymptotics of continuous-time discrete state space branching processes for large initial state},
  author = {Martin Möhle and Benedict Vetter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.05940},
  year   = {2021}
}
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