Instruct: Identify the main and secondary category of Arxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: On a bilateral birth-death process with alternating rates   We consider a bilateral birth-death process characterized by a constant
transition rate $\lambda$ from even states and a possibly different transition
rate $\mu$ from odd states. We determine the probability generating functions
of the even and odd states, the transition probabilities, mean and variance of
the process for arbitrary initial state. Some features of the birth-death
process confined to the non-negative integers by a reflecting boundary in the
zero-state are also analyzed. In particular, making use of a Laplace transform
approach we obtain a series form of the transition probability from state 1 to
the zero-state.

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The categories of this paper are: hep-lat
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The categories of this paper are: hep-ph
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The categories of this paper are: econ
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The categories of this paper are: mtrl-th
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The categories of this paper are: nlin
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The categories of this paper are: math-ph
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The categories of this paper are: quant-ph
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The categories of this paper are: comp-gas
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The categories of this paper are: q-bio
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The categories of this paper are: astro-ph
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The categories of this paper are: ao-sci
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The categories of this paper are: cond-mat
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The categories of this paper are: gr-qc
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The categories of this paper are: adap-org
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The categories of this paper are: chem-ph
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The categories of this paper are: dg-ga