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Bounds for the extinction probability of a simple branching process
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2016
Abstract
The extinction probability q of a supercritical simple branching process is well known to be less than unity. Intuitively, it is apparent that when the offspring mean is close to one, so, usually, will q be. This notion is made rigorous, and simple bounds are given for q in terms of the second and third factorial moments, which are applicable when the offspring mean is close to unity. A comparison is made of various upper bounds for q. The note contains some numerical examples.
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