Preliminaries; 1. Lévy processes as Markov processes; 2. Elements of potential theory; 3. Subordinators; 4. Local time and excursions of a Markov process; 5. Local times of a Lévy process; 6. Fluctuation theory; 7. Lévy processes with no positive jumps; 8. Stable processes and the scaling property; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.
This 1996 book is a comprehensive account of the theory of Lévy processes; aimed at probability theorists.
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