A hitting time for Lévy processes, with application to dams and branching processes
Annales de la Faculté des sciences de Toulouse : Mathématiques, Serie 6, Volume 5 (1996) no. 3, p. 521-544
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Pakes, Anthony G. A hitting time for Lévy processes, with application to dams and branching processes. Annales de la Faculté des sciences de Toulouse : Mathématiques, Serie 6, Volume 5 (1996) no. 3, pp. 521-544. http://www.numdam.org/item/AFST_1996_6_5_3_521_0/

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