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KöMaL 2022 A832

    Let us assume that the number of offsprings for every man can be 0,1,…0, 1,\dots or nn with probabilities p0,p1,…,pnp_0,p_1,\dots,p_n independently from each other, where p0+p1+⋯+pn=1p_0+p_1+\dots+p_n=1 and pn≠0p_n \ne 0. (This is the so called Galton-Watson process.) Which positive integer nn and probabilities p0,p1,…,pnp_0,p_1,\dots,p_n will maximize the probability that the offsprings of a given man go extinct in exactly the tenth generation?

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