A random walk with a branching system in random environments

We consider a branching random walk in random environments, where the particles are reproduced as a branching process with a random environment (in time), and move independently as a random walk on Z with a random environment (in locations). We obtain the asymptotic properties on the position of the rightmost particle at time n, revealing a phase transition phenomenon of the system.     

Harmonic moments of branching processes in random environments

We consider harmonic moments of branching processes in general random environments. For a sequence of square integrable random variables, we give some conditions such that there is a positive constant c that every variable in this sequence belong to Ac or A1c uniformly.     

Age-dependent branching processes in random environments

We consider an age-dependent branching process in random environments. The environments are represented by a stationary and ergodic sequence ξ = (ξ0,ξ1,...) of random variables. Given an environment ξ, the process is a non-homogenous Galton-Watson process, whose particles in n-th generation have a life length distribution G(ξn) on R , and reproduce independently new particles according to a probability law p(ξn) on N. Let Z(t) be the number of particles alive at time t. We first find a characterization of the conditional probability generating function of Z(t) (given the environment ξ) via a functional equation, and obtain a criterion for almost certain extinction of the process by comparing it with an embedded Galton-Watson process. We then get expressions of the conditional mean EξZ(t) and the global mean EZ(t), and show their exponential growth rates by studying a renewal equation in random environments.     

随机环境中马氏链状态的各种常返性与暂留性

考虑到随机环境中马氏链的状态在受到环境因素各种条件的影响下,引入了随机环境中马氏链状态的各种常返性与暂留性概念,讨论了这些常返性与暂留性的相互关系,从而说明随机环境中马氏链状态的常返性与暂留性和经典马氏链状态的常返性与暂留性有着显著的区别.     

Central limit theorems for a branching random walk with a random environment in time

We consider a branching random walk with a random environment in time, in which the offspring distribution of a particle of generation n and the distribution of the displacements of its children depend on an environment indexed by the time n. The environment is supposed to be independent and identically distributed. For A ?, let Z_n(A) be the number of particles of generation n located in A. We show central limit theorems for the counting measure Z_n(·) with appropriate normalization.     

Asymptotic direction for random walks in random environments

In this paper we study the existence of an asymptotic direction for random walks in random i.i.d. environments (RWRE). We prove that if the set of directions where the walk is transient contains a non-empty open set, the walk admits an asymptotic direction. The main tool to obtain this result is the construction of a renewal structure with cones. We also prove that RWRE admits at most two opposite asymptotic directions.     

Second order limit theorems for the Markov branching process in random environments

In a Markov branching process with random environments, limiting fluctuations of the population size arise from the changing environment, which causes random variation of the ‘deterministic’ population prediction, and from the stochastic wobble around this ‘deterministic’ mean, which is apparent in the ordinary Markov branching process. If the random environment is generated by a suitable stationary process, the first variation typically swamps the second kind. In this paper, environmental processes are considered which, in contrast, lead to sampling and environmental fluctuation of comparable magnitude. The method makes little use either of stationarity or of the branching property, and is amenable to some generalization away from the Markov branching process.     

Infinitely dimensional control Markov branching chains in random environments

First of all we introduce the concepts of infinitely dimensional control Markov branching chains in random environments (β-MBCRE) and prove the existence of such chains, then we introduce the concepts of conditional generating functionals and random Markov transition functions of such chains and investigate their branching property. Base on these concepts we calculate the moments of the β-MBCRE and obtain the main results of this paper such as extinction probabilities, polarization and proliferation rate. Finally we discuss the classification of β-MBCRE according to the different standards.     

Growth of preferential attachment random graphs via continuous-time branching processes

Some growth asymptotics of a version of ‘preferential attachment’ random graphs are studied through an embedding into a continuous-time branching scheme. These results complement and extend previous work in the literature.     

伪Smarandache函数的上下界

对于正整数n,设Z(n)=min{m|m∈N,1/2m(m+1)≡0(modn)},称为n的伪Smarandache函数.设r是正整数.根据广义Ramanujan-Nagell方程的结果,运用初等数论方法证明了下列结果:i)1/2(-1+(8n+1)≤Z(n)≤2n-1.ii)当r≠1,2,3或5时,Z(2~r+1)≥1/2(-1+(2~(r+3)·5+41)).iii)当r≠1,2,3,4或12时,Z(2~r-1)≥1/2(-1+(2~(r+3)·3-23).     

随机环境中马氏链的最小闭集

主要研究了随机环境中马氏链的最小闭集的一些性质,并就保守集C在何种情况下存在最小闭子集的开问题结合Foguel的L1-理论进行了讨论,得到了一些结果.     

A note on multitype branching process with bounded immigration in random environment

In this paper, we study the total number of progeny, W, before regenerating of multitype branching process with immigration in random environment. We show that the tail probability of |W| is of order t-κ as t→∞, with κ some constant. As an application, we prove a stable law for (L-1) random walk in random environment, generalizing the stable law for the nearest random walk in random environment (see "Kesten, Kozlov, Spitzer: A limit law for random walk in a random environment. Compositio Math., 30, 145-168 (1975)").     

关于随机环境中分支过程物种总体的一个注记

本文研究随机环境中分支过程直流到n代的物种总体的渐近行为问题.利用概率生成函数的方法,得到了其期望和方差的具体表达式,并且在n趋于无穷大时,给出了灭绝概率和全部物种个数的生成函数之间的关系式.     

The multitype branching random walk, II

Limit theorems for the multitype branching random walk as n → ∞ are given (n is the generation number) in the case in which the branching process has a mean matrix which is not positive regular. In particular, the existence of steady state distributions is proven in the subcritical case with immigration, and in the critical case with initial Poisson random fields of particles. In the supercritical case, analogues of the limit theorems of Kesten and Stigum are given.     

Escape times for branching processes with random mutational fitness effects

We consider a large declining population of cells under an external selection pressure, modeled as a subcritical branching process. This population has genetic variation introduced at a low rate which leads to the production of exponentially expanding mutant populations, enabling population escape from extinction. Here we consider two possible settings for the effects of the mutation: Case (I) a deterministic mutational fitness advance and Case (II) a random mutational fitness advance. We first establish a functional central limit theorem for the renormalized and sped up version of the mutant cell process. We establish that in Case (I) the limiting process is a trivial constant stochastic process, while in Case (II) the limit process is a continuous Gaussian process for which we identify the covariance kernel. Lastly we apply the functional central limit theorem and some other auxiliary results to establish a central limit theorem (in the large initial population limit) of the first time at which the mutant cell population dominates the population. We find that the limiting distribution is Gaussian in both Cases (I) and (II), but a logarithmic correction is needed in the scaling for Case (II). This problem is motivated by the question of optimal timing for switching therapies to effectively control drug resistance in biomedical applications.     

On the support of the simple branching random walk

Connectivity of the support of the simple branching random walk is established in certain asymmetric cases, extending a previous result of Grill.     

A central limit theorem for branching Brownian motion with random immigration

We establish a central limit theorem for a branching Brownian motion with random immigration under the annealed law,where the immigration is determined by another branching Brownian motion.The limit is a Gaussian random measure and the normalization is t3/4for d=3 and t1/2for d≥4,where in the critical dimension d=4 both the immigration and the branching Brownian motion itself make contributions to the covariance of the limit.     

On the shape of the domain occupied by a supercritical branching random walk

A particle system on ^d is considered whose evolution is as follows. At each unit of time each particle independently is replaced by a new generation. The size of a new generation descending from a particle at site x has a distribution and each of its members independently jump to a neighbouring site with probability 1/2d. Let (T) be the set of the occupied sites at time T. The geometrical properties of (T) are studied.     

关于任意离散随机序列的一个强偏差定理

引用极限对数似然比的概念作为任意随机序列联合分布与其边缘分布"不相似性"的度量,构造几乎处处收敛的上鞅,讨论了任意离散随机序列的强偏差定理.