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A note on left-continuous random walks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Gérard Letac
Affiliation:
Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
Pierre Mazet
Affiliation:
Université de Paris VI
Gérard Schiffmann
Affiliation:
Université Louis-Pasteur, Strasbourg

Abstract

Let be the set of probability measures concentrated on { − 1, 0, 1, 2, …}. Then, if μ0 is in , there exists at most one μ1 in , with μ0≠ μ1, such that for all n = 1, 2, ….

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1976 

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