grandes-ecoles 2015 QV.D.1
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We assume $m>1$. We study the Galton-Watson process starting with $k$ individuals in generation 0, with $W_n$ the number of individuals in generation $n$. We define $u_n$, $u_n^{(r)}$, $U(s)$ and $U_r(s)$ as above, and $u$ is the probability that $(W_n)$ does not take the value $k$.
Show that the probability that the sequence $(W_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}^*}$ takes the value $k$ infinitely many times is zero.