On associated polynomials and decay rates for birth-death processes

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 500-511

  van Doorn, Erik A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Associated polynomials; Birth death process; Decay rate; First entrance time; Numerator polynomials; Orthogonal polynomials; Rate of convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038743159     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-247X(02)00663-7     Document Type: Review

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