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A fixed-point property for Galton–Watson processes with generation dependence
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2016
Abstract
Conditions for the non-sure extinction of Galton-Watson processes with generation dependence are obtained. Also a condition is given for such processes to have a strictly increasing probability generating function.
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