Leaf-height marks: Assumptions (S) and (C) (Lemmas lem:S_lh and lem:C_lh) #
Section 7.2 of the paper, source lines 3029–3236 (inventory L7.3 (i), L7.5, P23 (use), P25).
Marks: G_k(T) = 1{λ_∅(T) ≥ k} and Ghat_k = 1{k_∅ ≥ κ + 1} 1{∃ child c, λ_∅(T_c) ≥ k}
(RootDeclumping.lhDeclumpedMark μ k), with κ = min{j ≥ 1 : μ_j > 0} (LeafHeight.kappa μ),
π_k = P(λ_∅(𝒯) ≥ k) (LeafHeight.piSeq μ k), π̂_k = P(Ghat_k(𝒯) = 1) and
c = 1 - κ μ_κ (LeafHeight.cConst μ).
Main statements #
lem_S_lh(Lemmalem:S_lh(i)): ifk_n = n^{o(1)}(κ = 1), resp.κ^{k_n} = n^{o(1)}(κ ≥ 2), then(G_k)satisfies Assumption (S) along(k_n)with respect toM_n = max 1 ⌊n^{1-η}⌋₊,η ∈ (0, 1 - 1/α): Lemmalem:critMapplied to the decompositionRootDeclumping.lhSkeleton(P23, already proved) withE_k[C_k + L_k] ≤ C k + 1resp.≤ C κ^k. Part (ii) (E[N_{k_n}(𝒯^n)] ∼ n π_{k_n}) is Corollarycor:SM(ii) and is not included.le_rootLeafHeight_replaceAt: ifλ_∅(T) ≥ k, re-grafting at a vertexua treeSwithλ_∅(S) ≥ min(λ_∅(T_u), k)keepsλ_∅ ≥ k(P25, condition (a) of the cut-and-graft lemma).pair_lhDeclumped_le(P25): one constantCwithP(|𝒯| ≥ ℓ+1, Ghat_k(𝒯) = 1, Ghat_k(𝒯_{u_{ℓ+1}}) = 1) ≤ C π_k π̂_kfor allkandℓ ≥ 1.lem_C_lh(Lemmalem:C_lh): ifc > 0, then(Ghat_k)satisfies Assumption (C) for every level sequence and every cutoff withM_n = o(n).
Departure in the proof of P25 #
The paper's selector is τ(A) = 0 if a root child other than the one above ⋆ witnesses the
root event, and τ(A) = (k - h(A))_+ otherwise (h(A) the depth of ⋆ below that child). We use
instead the minimal admissible selector τ(A) = min{m ≤ k : λ_∅(S) ≥ m ⇒ A[S] ∈ {Ghat_k = 1}}.
Condition (a) of Lemma lem:cut_graft then holds by definition, and condition (b) follows from
le_rootLeafHeight_replaceAt: on the double event 𝒯 = A[S], m = min(λ_∅(S), k) is admissible,
so τ(A) ≤ λ_∅(S). The rest (Lemma lem:lh_conditional_mark and π̂_k ≥ b π_k) is as in the
paper. No case distinction on the witness, and no notion of depth of ⋆, is needed.
If λ_∅(T) ≥ k and the vertex u of DFS index ℓ is replaced by a tree S with
λ_∅(S) ≥ min(λ_∅(T_u), k), then still λ_∅ ≥ k: the new leaves are at depth
depth(u) + (depth in S) ≥ k, since λ_∅(T_u) ≥ k - depth(u).
Lemma lem:S_lh(i) #
The moment bound of the leaf-height skeleton for all levels (P23): one C > 0 with
E_k[C_k + L_k] ≤ C k + 1 if κ = 1 and ≤ C κ^k if κ ≥ 2, for every k ≥ 0.
Lemma lem:S_lh(i) (source lines 3053–3130): let (k_n) be such that k_n = n^{o(1)} if
κ = 1, and κ^{k_n} = n^{o(1)} if κ ≥ 2 (used through the upper halves ≤ n^δ, for every
δ > 0, eventually along admissible sizes). Then for every η ∈ (0, 1 - 1/α) the leaf-height
marks G_k = 1{λ_∅ ≥ k} satisfy Assumption (S) along (k_n) with respect to
M_n = max 1 ⌊n^{1-η}⌋₊ (= ⌊n^{1-η}⌋ for n ≥ 1).
Lemma lem:C_lh #
P25 (source lines 3190–3234, before the final use of c > 0): there is one C > 0 such
that for all k and all ℓ ≥ 1,
P(|𝒯| ≥ ℓ+1, Ghat_k(𝒯) = 1, Ghat_k(𝒯_{u_{ℓ+1}(𝒯)}) = 1) ≤ C π_k π̂_k. Lemma lem:cut_graft is
applied with 𝓔 = {Ghat_k = 1}, 𝓠_m = {λ_∅ ≥ m} (0 ≤ m ≤ k) and the minimal admissible
selector, then Lemma lem:lh_conditional_mark.
Lemma lem:C_lh (source lines 3183–3236): if c = 1 - κ μ_κ > 0, then for every level
sequence (k_n) and every cutoff sequence with M_n = o(n), the declumped leaf-height marks
Ghat_k satisfy Assumption (C): Â_n(ℓ) ≤ C' π̂_{k_n}² uniformly in ℓ ≥ 1 (with
C' = C / b, b = P(k_∅ ≥ κ + 1) > 0), hence ∑_{ℓ=1}^{M_n} Â_n(ℓ) ≤ C' M_n π̂_{k_n}² = o(n π̂_{k_n}²).
Lemma lem:C_lh for every cutoff sequence (IsCutoff M).