Reading group on Branching Markov processes
This reading group takes place on Tuesdays of Term 2, 10am - 12pm in MB2.22.
The following is a rough schedule for the course. If you would like to present a topic, please email Emma Horton or Alastair Crossley.
Some notation that will be used throughout the course can be found hereLink opens in a new window.
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Corresponding book chapter |
| 23 Jan | Alastair Crossley |
Introduction to branching Markov processes and evolution semigroupsLink opens in a new window |
8.1-8.4 |
| 6 Feb | Emma Horton | Criticality and stability propertiesLink opens in a new window | 2.5, 2.6, Ch 4, 8.5 |
| 13 Feb | Victor Rivero | Martingales and the spine decompositionLink opens in a new window | 11.1, 11.2, 12.1 |
| 20 Feb | Terence Tsui | Moment asymptotics | 5.1-5.4, Ch 9 |
| 27 Feb | Emma Horton | Survival at criticalityLink opens in a new window | Ch 10, 11.3 |
| 5 Mar | Janique Krasnowska | Skeleton decomposition | 11.3-11.5 |
| 12 Mar | Christopher Dean | Ch 12 |