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Some divisibility problems in branching processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. D. Biggins  and
D. N. Shanbhag
J. D. Biggins
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield
D. N. Shanbhag
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield
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In this paper the major concern is in investigating various divisibility properties of the random variable W, the limit of the Heyde martingale in supercritical branching processes. Throughout the paper ø(s) will be used to denote the Laplace-Stieltjes transform of W.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 90 , Issue 2 , September 1981 , pp. 321 - 330
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1981

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