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Extremes of geometric variables with applications to branching processes

Kosto V. Mitov, Anthony G. Pakes, George P. Yanev

math.PRarXiv:math/0312510

Abstract

We obtain limit theorems for the row extrema of a triangular array of zero-modified geometric random variables. Some of this is used to obtain limit theorems for the maximum family size within a generation of a simple branching process with varying geometric offspring laws.

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