A note on subtrees rooted along the primary path of a binary tree

Discrete Applied Mathematics
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Let Fn denote the set of rooted binary plane trees with n external nodes, for given TFn let ui(T) be the altitude i node along the primary path of T, and let δi(T) denote the number of external nodes in the induced subtree rooted at ui(T). We set δi(T) = 0 if i is greater than the length of the primary path of T. We prove limn→∞ ∑ix/n En{δi}/∑i<∞ En{δi} = G(x), where En denotes the average over trees TFn and where the distribution function G is determined by its moments, for which we present an explicit expression.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title A note on subtrees rooted along the primary path of a binary tree
Series title Discrete Applied Mathematics
DOI 10.1016/0166-218X(93)90181-M
Volume 42
Issue 1
Year Published 1993
Language English
Publisher Elsevier
Description 7 p.
First page 87
Last page 93
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