Nonexplosion of a class of semilinear equations via branching particle representations

Santanu Chakraborty, Jose Alfredo López-Mimbela
2008 Advances in Applied Probability  
We consider a branching particle system where an individual particle gives birth to a random number of offspring at the place where it dies. The probability distribution of the number of offspring is given bypk,k= 2, 3, .... The corresponding branching process is related to the semilinear partial differential equationforx∈ ℝd, whereAis the infinitesimal generator of a multiplicative semigroup and thepks,k= 2, 3, ..., are nonnegative functions such thatWe obtain sufficient conditions for the
more » ... tence of global positive solutions to semilinear equations of this form. Our results extend previous work by Nagasawa and Sirao (1969) and others.
doi:10.1017/s0001867800002469 fatcat:7cypztpfonejtnsxr5vxkvhqre