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Teor. Veroyatnost. i Primenen., 2022 Volume 67, Issue 4, Pages 649–671 (Mi tvp5530)

Atypical population size in a two-type decomposable branching process

V. A. Vatutin, E. E. D'yakonova

Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: We consider a Galton–Watson branching process with particles of two types in which particles of type one produce both particles of types one and two, and particles of type two generate offsprings of only type two. It is known that if both types are critical, then, for a process that is initiated at time $0$ by a single type-one particle, the number of particles of type two at time $n$ (provided that the process is not degenerate by this time) is proportional to $n$. We find the asymptotics of the probability that the number of type-two particles at time $n$ is of the order $o(n) $ (provided that the process is not degenerate by this time).

Keywords: reduced branching process, population size, local limit theorem.

Received: 09.09.2021
Accepted: 14.09.2021

DOI: 10.4213/tvp5530


 English version:
Theory of Probability and its Applications, 2022, 67:4, 516–534

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