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Conference Papers Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science Year : 2005

Pattern distribution in various types of random trees

Abstract

Let $\mathcal{T}_n$ denote the set of unrooted unlabeled trees of size $n$ and let $\mathcal{M}$ be a particular (finite) tree. Assuming that every tree of $\mathcal{T}_n$ is equally likely, it is shown that the number of occurrences $X_n$ of $\mathcal{M}$ as an induced sub-tree satisfies $\mathbf{E} X_n \sim \mu n$ and $\mathbf{V}ar X_n \sim \sigma^2 n$ for some (computable) constants $\mu > 0$ and $\sigma \geq 0$. Furthermore, if $\sigma > 0$ then $(X_n - \mathbf{E} X_n) / \sqrt{\mathbf{V}ar X_n}$ converges to a limiting distribution with density $(A+Bt^2)e^{-Ct^2}$ for some constants $A,B,C$. However, in all cases in which we were able to calculate these constants, we obtained $B=0$ and thus a normal distribution. Further, if we consider planted or rooted trees instead of $T_n$ then the limiting distribution is always normal. Similar results can be proved for planar, labeled and simply generated trees.
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hal-01184031 , version 1 (12-08-2015)

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Gerard Kok. Pattern distribution in various types of random trees. 2005 International Conference on Analysis of Algorithms, 2005, Barcelona, Spain. pp.223-230, ⟨10.46298/dmtcs.3359⟩. ⟨hal-01184031⟩

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