The range of a self-similar additive gamma process is a scale invariant Poisson point process

Abstract

It is shown that for a non-decreasing self-similar stochastic process $T$ with independent increments, the range of $T$ forms a Poisson point process with $\sigma$-finite intensity if and only if the one-dimensional distribution of $T(1)$ is of the gamma type. This follows from a general hold-jump description of such processes $T$, and implies the known result that the spacings between consecutive points of a scale invariant Poisson point process, with intensity $\theta x^{-1}dx$, are the points of another scale invariant Poisson point process with the same intensity.

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