A simple path to asymptotics for the frontier of a branching Brownian motion

Matthew I. Roberts

doi:10.1214/12-AOP753

A simple path to asymptotics for the frontier of a branching Brownian motion

Matthew I. Roberts

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We give short proofs of two classical results about the position of the extremal particle in a branching Brownian motion, one concerning the median position and another the almost sure behaviour.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3518-3541
Number of pages	24
Journal	Annals of Probability
Volume	41
Issue number	5
Early online date	5 Mar 2012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1214/12-AOP753
Publication status	Published - Sept 2013

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A simple path to asymptotics for the frontier of a branching Brownian motion

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