{ "id": "0704.3902", "version": "v1", "published": "2007-04-30T09:16:35.000Z", "updated": "2007-04-30T09:16:35.000Z", "title": "On the number of collisions in $Λ$-coalescents", "authors": [ "Alexander Gnedin", "Yuri Yakubovich" ], "comment": "18 pages", "categories": [ "math.PR" ], "abstract": "We examine the total number of collisions $C_n$ in the $\\Lambda$-coalescent process which starts with $n$ particles. A linear growth and a stable limit law for $C_n$ are shown under the assumption of a power-like behaviour of the measure $\\Lambda$ near 0 with exponent $0<\\alpha<1$.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2007-04-30T09:16:35.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "60J10", "60K15" ], "keywords": [ "collisions", "total number", "coalescent process", "linear growth", "stable limit law" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 18, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2007arXiv0704.3902G" } } }