Gamma-Dirichlet algebra and applications

Abstract

The Gamma-Dirichlet algebra corresponds to the decomposition of the gamma process into the independent product of a gamma random variable and a Dirichlet process. This structure allows us to study the properties of the Dirichlet process through the gamma process and vice versa. In this article, we begin with a brief survey of several existing results concerning this structure. New results are then obtained for the large deviations of the jump sizes of the gamma process and the quasi-invariance of the two-parameter Poisson-Dirichlet distribution. We finish the paper with the derivation of the transition function of the Fleming-Viot process with parent independent mutation from the transition function of the measure-valued branching diffusion with immigration by exploring the Gamma-Dirichlet algebra embedded in these processes. This last result is motivated by an open problem proposed by S. N. Ethier and R. C. Griffiths.

Keywords

Coalescent / Dirichlet process / gamma process / quasi-invariant / random time-change

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