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A note on the branching random walk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Norman Kaplan
Norman Kaplan*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
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∗ Postal address: Biometry Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, U.S.A.
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Abstract

A well-known theorem in the theory of branching random walks is shown to hold when only Σj log jpj <∞. This result was asserted by Athreya and Kaplan (1978), but their proof was incorrect.

Keywords

BRANCHING RANDOM WALK
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , June 1982 , pp. 421 - 424
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1982 

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