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Diskr. Mat., 2022 Volume 34, Issue 2, Pages 120–136 (Mi dm1703)

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Limit theorems for the maximal tree size of a Galton – Watson forest in the critical case

E. V. Khvorostyanskaya

Institute of Applied Mathematical Research of the Karelian Research Centre RAS, Petrozavodsk

Abstract: We consider a critical Galton – Watson branching process starting with $N$ particles; the number of offsprings is supposed to have the distribution $p_k=(k+1)^{-\tau}-(k+2)^{-\tau}$, $k=0,1,2,\ldots$ Limit distributions of the maximal tree size are obtained for the corresponding Galton – Watson forest with $N$ trees and $n$ non-root vertices as $N,n\to\infty$, $n/N^{\tau}\geq C> 0$.

Keywords: Galton – Watson forest, maximal tree size, limit distribution.

UDC: 519.179.4

Received: 28.02.2022

DOI: 10.4213/dm1703


 English version:
Discrete Mathematics and Applications, 2023, 33:4, 205–217


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