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Ronan Lauvergnat

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Limit theorems for critical branching processes in a finite state space Markovian environment

Let $(Z_n)_{n\geq 0}$ be a critical branching process in a random environment defined by a Markov chain $(X_n)_{n\geq 0}$ with values in a finite state space $\mathbb X$. Let $ S_n = \sum_{k=1}^n \ln f_{X_k}'(1)$ be the Markov walk associated to $(X_n)_{n\geq 0}$, where $f_i$ is the offspring generating function when the environment is $i \in \mathbb X$. Conditioned on the event $\{ Z_n>0\}$, we show the non degeneracy of limit law of the normalized number of particles ${Z_n}/{e^{S_n}}$ and determine the limit of the law of $\frac{S_n}{\sqrt{n}} $ jointly with $X_n$. Based on these results we establish a Yaglom-type theorem which specifies the limit of the joint law of $ \log Z_n$ and $X_n$ given $Z_n>0$.

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Construction d'un espace de Banach pour le produit de matrices aléatoires

The purpose of this article is to show that Theorems 2.2-2.5 from [1] apply to the product of random matrices considered by Grama, Le Page, and Peigné [2]. This allows us, in particular, to emphasize the general nature of the formulation of our theorems in [1] by showing that our assumptions are verified for previous models.

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The survival probability of critical and subcritical branching processes in finite state space Markovian environment

Let $(Z_n)_{n\geqslant 0}$ be a branching process in a random environment defined by a Markov chain $(X_n)_{n\geqslant 0}$ with values in a finite state space $\mathbb X$ starting at $X_0=i \in\mathbb X$. We extend from the i.i.d. environment to the Markovian one the classical classification of the branching processes into critical and strongly, intermediate and weakly subcritical states. In all these cases, we study the asymptotic behaviour of the probability that $Z_n>0$ as $n\to+\infty$.

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Conditioned local limit theorems for random walks defined on finite Markov chains

Let $(X_n)_{n\geq 0}$ be a Markov chain with values in a finite state space $\mathbb X$ starting at $X_0=x \in \mathbb X$ and let $f$ be a real function defined on $\mathbb X$. Set $S_n=\sum_{k=1}^{n} f(X_k)$, $n\geqslant 1$. For any $y \in \mathbb R$ denote by $τ_y$ the first time when $y+S_n$ becomes non-positive. We study the asymptotic behaviour of the probability $\mathbb P_x \left( y+S_{n} \in [z,z+a] \,,\, τ_y > n \right)$ as $n\to+\infty.$ We first establish for this probability a conditional version of the local limit theorem of Stone. Then we find for it an asymptotic equivalent of order $n^{3/2}$ and give a generalization which is useful in applications. We also describe the asymptotic behaviour of the probability $\mathbb P_x \left( τ_y = n \right)$ as $n\to+\infty$.

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Limit theorems for Markov walks conditioned to stay positive under a spectral gap assumption

Consider a Markov chain $(X_n)_{n\geqslant 0}$ with values in the state space $\mathbb X$. Let $f$ be a real function on $\mathbb X$ and set $S_0=0,$ $S_n = f(X_1)+\cdots + f(X_n),$ $n\geqslant 1$. Let $\mathbb P_x$ be the probability measure generated by the Markov chain starting at $X_0=x$. For a starting point $y \in \mathbb R$ denote by $τ_y$ the first moment when the Markov walk $(y+S_n)_{n\geqslant 1}$ becomes non-positive. Under the condition that $S_n$ has zero drift, we find the asymptotics of the probability $\mathbb P_x ( τ_y >n )$ and of the conditional law $\mathbb P_x ( y+S_n\leqslant \cdot\sqrt{n} | τ_y >n )$ as $n\to +\infty.$

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Limit theorems for affine Markov walks conditioned to stay positive

Consider the real Markov walk $S_n = X_1+ \dots+ X_n$ with increments $\left(X_n\right)_{n\geq 1}$ defined by a stochastic recursion starting at $X_0=x$. For a starting point $y>0$ denote by $τ_y$ the exit time of the process $\left( y+S_n \right)_{n\geq 1}$ from the positive part of the real line. We investigate the asymptotic behaviour of the probability of the event $τ_y \geq n$ and of the conditional law of $y+S_n$ given $τ_y \geq n$ as $n \to +\infty$.

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