What is branching process? Give two real examples of branching process

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What is branching process? Give two real examples of branching process.

If P(s) and P_n(s) respectively is the probability generating function (pgf) of the i.i.d. random variables $\left\{\xi _{r}\right\}$ and the random variables {X_n}, where X_n+1 = $\sum_{r=1}^{x_{n}}\xi_{r}.$

Then show that:

P_n(s) = P_n-1(P(s))

and P_n(s) = P_n-1(P(s)).

18 Feb 2025

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