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Some limit theorems for the total progeny of a branching process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

A. G. Pakes
A. G. Pakes*
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Monash University
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We consider a branching process in which each individual reproduces independently of all others and has probability aj(j = 0, 1, · · ·) of giving rise to j progeny in the following generation. It is assumed, without further comment, that 0 < a0, a0 + a1 < 1.

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Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , Spring 1971 , pp. 176 - 192
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1971 

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