The convergence conjecture for the branching-random-walk maximum

Let BnB_n be the maximum at generation nn in the branching random walk considered in the paper, and let bnb_n be its deterministic centering term. Branching-random-walk convergence conjecture. There is a random variable XX with continuous distribution such that

BnbnXas n.B_n-b_n\to X\qquad\text{as }n\to\infty.

The paper notes that convergence in probability of this centered maximum is known under certain displacement-law conditions, but is not known for the model arising from Pratt trees.

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Kevin Ford, Sergei V. Konyagin and Florian Luca, “Prime chains and Pratt trees”, arXiv:0904.0473 (2010).

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