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To each max-stable process with α-Fréchet margins, α ∈ (0,2), a symmetric α-stable process can be associated in a natural way. Using this correspondence, we deduce known and new results on spectral representations of max-stable processes from their α-stable counterparts. We investigate the connection between the ergodic properties of a stationary max-stable process and the recurrence properties of the non-singular flow generating its spectral representation. In particular, we show that a stationary max-stable process is ergodic iff the flow generating its spectral representation has vanishing positive recurrent component. We prove that a stationary max-stable process is ergodic (mixing) iff the associated SαS process is ergodic (mixing). We construct non-singular flows generating the max-stable processes of Brown and Resnick.
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Kabluchko, Z. Spectral representations of sum- and max-stable processes. Extremes 12, 401–424 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10687-009-0083-9
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