Paper 4, Section II, K

Applied Probability
Part II, 2019

(a) Let λ:Rd[0,)\lambda: \mathbb{R}^{d} \rightarrow[0, \infty) be such that Λ(A):=Aλ(x)dx\Lambda(A):=\int_{A} \lambda(\mathbf{x}) d \mathbf{x} is finite for any bounded measurable set ARdA \subseteq \mathbb{R}^{d}. State the properties which define a (non-homogeneous) Poisson process Π\Pi on Rd\mathbb{R}^{d} with intensity function λ\lambda.

(b) Let Π\Pi be a Poisson process on Rd\mathbb{R}^{d} with intensity function λ\lambda, and let f:RdRsf: \mathbb{R}^{d} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{s} be a given function. Give a clear statement of the necessary conditions on the pair Λ,f\Lambda, f subject to which f(Π)f(\Pi) is a Poisson process on Rs\mathbb{R}^{s}. When these conditions hold, express the mean measure of f(Π)f(\Pi) in terms of Λ\Lambda and ff.

(c) Let Π\Pi be a homogeneous Poisson process on R2\mathbb{R}^{2} with constant intensity 1 , and let f:R2[0,)f: \mathbb{R}^{2} \rightarrow[0, \infty) be given by f(x1,x2)=x12+x22f\left(x_{1}, x_{2}\right)=x_{1}^{2}+x_{2}^{2}. Show that f(Π)f(\Pi) is a homogeneous Poisson process on [0,)[0, \infty) with constant intensity π\pi.

Let R1,R2,R_{1}, R_{2}, \ldots be an increasing sequence of positive random variables such that the points of f(Π)f(\Pi) are R12,R22,R_{1}^{2}, R_{2}^{2}, \ldots Show that RkR_{k} has density function

hk(r)=1(k1)!2πr(πr2)k1eπr2,r>0h_{k}(r)=\frac{1}{(k-1) !} 2 \pi r\left(\pi r^{2}\right)^{k-1} e^{-\pi r^{2}}, \quad r>0