Differential Inequalities Applied to The Stochastic Birth and Death Process

We describe an approach to a countably infinite system of ordinary differential equations belonging to the theory of the stochastic birth and death process. The main novelty in our method is the systematic use of a classical theorem on sub- and supersolutions for finite linear systems of the form y '( t ) = Ay ( t ). It leads in a simple way to the minimal solution and some of its properties. For convenience a proof of the theorem is given at the end.

Keywords:

• Infinite Ode Systems
• Stochastic Processes
• Birth And Death Process