Martingale convergence and the stopped branching random walk

2000 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.E. Kyprianou
Keyword(s):  
Random Walk ◽  
Branching Random Walk ◽  
Martingale Convergence

Martingale convergence in the branching random walk

1977 ◽  
Vol 14 (01) ◽  
pp. 25-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Biggins
Keyword(s):  
Random Walk ◽  
Branching Random Walk ◽  
Malthusian Parameter ◽  
Martingale Convergence ◽  
Special Case

A result like the Kesten-Stigum theorem is obtained for certain martingales associated with the branching random walk. A special case, when a ‘Malthusian parameter’ exists, is considered in greater detail and a link with some known results about the Crump-Mode model for a population is established.

Martingale convergence in the branching random walk

1977 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Biggins
Keyword(s):  
Random Walk ◽  
Branching Random Walk ◽  
Malthusian Parameter ◽  
Martingale Convergence ◽  
Special Case

A result like the Kesten-Stigum theorem is obtained for certain martingales associated with the branching random walk. A special case, when a ‘Malthusian parameter’ exists, is considered in greater detail and a link with some known results about the Crump-Mode model for a population is established.

scholarly journals Strong Local Survival of Branching Random Walks is Not Monotone

2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (02) ◽  
pp. 400-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Bertacchi ◽  
Fabio Zucca
Keyword(s):  
Random Walk ◽  
Random Walks ◽  
Generating Function ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Local Property ◽  
Branching Random Walk ◽  
Infinite Dimensional ◽  
Branching Random Walks ◽  
Local Survival ◽  
Branching Law

In this paper we study the strong local survival property for discrete-time and continuous-time branching random walks. We study this property by means of an infinite-dimensional generating functionGand a maximum principle which, we prove, is satisfied by every fixed point ofG. We give results for the existence of a strong local survival regime and we prove that, unlike local and global survival, in continuous time, strong local survival is not a monotone property in the general case (though it is monotone if the branching random walk is quasitransitive). We provide an example of an irreducible branching random walk where the strong local property depends on the starting site of the process. By means of other counterexamples, we show that the existence of a pure global phase is not equivalent to nonamenability of the process, and that even an irreducible branching random walk with the same branching law at each site may exhibit nonstrong local survival. Finally, we show that the generating function of an irreducible branching random walk can have more than two fixed points; this disproves a previously known result.

scholarly journals Strong Local Survival of Branching Random Walks is Not Monotone

2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 400-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Bertacchi ◽  
Fabio Zucca
Keyword(s):  
Random Walk ◽  
Random Walks ◽  
Generating Function ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Local Property ◽  
Branching Random Walk ◽  
Infinite Dimensional ◽  
Branching Random Walks ◽  
Local Survival ◽  
Branching Law

In this paper we study the strong local survival property for discrete-time and continuous-time branching random walks. We study this property by means of an infinite-dimensional generating function G and a maximum principle which, we prove, is satisfied by every fixed point of G. We give results for the existence of a strong local survival regime and we prove that, unlike local and global survival, in continuous time, strong local survival is not a monotone property in the general case (though it is monotone if the branching random walk is quasitransitive). We provide an example of an irreducible branching random walk where the strong local property depends on the starting site of the process. By means of other counterexamples, we show that the existence of a pure global phase is not equivalent to nonamenability of the process, and that even an irreducible branching random walk with the same branching law at each site may exhibit nonstrong local survival. Finally, we show that the generating function of an irreducible branching random walk can have more than two fixed points; this disproves a previously known result.

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