In this article we propose a method of parameters estimation for the class of discrete stable laws. Discrete stable distributions form a discrete analogy to classical stable distributions and share many interesting properties with them such as heavy tails and skewness. Similarly as stable laws discrete stable distributions are defined through characteristic function and do not posses a probability mass function in closed form. This inhibits the use of classical estimation methods such as maximum...

Flajolet and Richmond have invented a method to solve a large class of divide-and-conquer recursions. The essential part of it is the asymptotic analysis of a certain generating function for $z\to \infty$ by means of the Mellin transform. In this paper this type of analysis is performed for a reasonably large class of generating functions fulfilling a functional equation with polynomial coefficients. As an application, the average life time of a party of $N$ people is computed, where each person advances one...

Let $(X_t,t\ge 0)$ be a Lévy process started at $0$, with Lévy measure $\nu$. We consider the first passage time $T_x$ of $(X_t,t\ge 0)$ to level $x\>0$, and $K_x:=X_{T_x}-𝑥$ the overshoot and $L_x:=x-X_{T_{{𝑥}^{-}}}$ the undershoot. We first prove that the Laplace transform of the random triple $(T_x,K_x,L_x)$ satisfies some kind of integral equation. Second, assuming that $\nu$ admits exponential moments, we show that $(\widetilde{T_x},K_x,L_x)$ converges in distribution as $x\to \infty$, where $\widetilde{T_x}$ denotes a suitable renormalization of $T_x$.

Let (Xt, t ≥ 0) be a Lévy process started at 0, with Lévy measure ν. We consider the first passage time Tx of (Xt, t ≥ 0) to level x > 0, and Kx := XTx - x the overshoot and Lx := x- XTx- the undershoot. We first prove that the Laplace transform of the random triple (Tx,Kx,Lx) satisfies some kind of integral equation. Second, assuming that ν admits exponential moments, we show that $(\widetilde{T_x},K_x,L_x)$ converges in distribution as x → ∞, where $\widetilde{T_x}$ denotes a suitable renormalization of Tx.