grandes-ecoles 2015 QIII.B.1

grandes-ecoles · France · centrale-maths1__psi Probability Generating Functions Branching process and extinction probability via PGF iteration

We consider the Galton-Watson process with extinction time $T$ defined by: $$\omega\in\Omega\quad\begin{cases}T(\omega)=\min\{n\in\mathbb{N}\mid Y_n(\omega)=0\} & \text{if there exists }n\in\mathbb{N}\text{ such that }Y_n(\omega)=0\\ T(\omega)=-1 & \text{otherwise}\end{cases}$$
We assume $m<1$. Verify that $T$ has a finite expectation.

We consider the Galton-Watson process with extinction time $T$ defined by:
$$\omega\in\Omega\quad\begin{cases}T(\omega)=\min\{n\in\mathbb{N}\mid Y_n(\omega)=0\} & \text{if there exists }n\in\mathbb{N}\text{ such that }Y_n(\omega)=0\\ T(\omega)=-1 & \text{otherwise}\end{cases}$$

We assume $m<1$. Verify that $T$ has a finite expectation.

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QI.A.1 QI.A.2 QI.A.3 QI.B QI.C QI.D.1 QI.D.2 QI.E.1 QI.E.2 QII.A.1 QII.A.2 QII.A.3 QII.A.4 QII.A.5 QII.B QII.C.1 QII.C.2 QIII.A.1 QIII.A.2 QIII.A.3 QIII.A.4 QIII.B.1 QIII.B.2 QIII.C.1 QIII.C.2 QIII.C.3 QIV.A QIV.B QIV.C QIV.D QIV.E QIV.F QIV.G QV.A QV.B.1 QV.B.2 QV.C.1 QV.C.2 QV.D.1 QV.D.2 QV.E QV.F