Galton--Watson Processes and Their Role as Building Blocks for Branching Processes
Galton--Watson Processes and Their Role as Building Blocks for Branching Processes
This article is an essay, both expository and argumentative, on the Galton--Watson process as a tool in the domain of branching processes. It is at the same time the author's way of honoring two distinguished scientists in this domain, both from the Russian Academy of Sciences, and congratulating them on …