On hitting probabilities of beta coalescents and absorption times of coalescents that come down from infinity

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Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-159

  Möhle, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption time; Beta coalescent; Bolthausen Sznitman coalescent; Coming down from infinity; Generating functions; Green matrix; Hitting probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011024315     PISSN: 19800436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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