The root leaf-height recursion #
Section 7 of the paper (source lines 2911–2958). For an offspring law μ, put
g(x) = ∑_{j ≥ 1} μ_j x^j = G_μ(x) - μ_0 and define π_0 = 1, π_{k+1} = g(π_k).
For the Bienaymé tree, π_k = P(λ_∅(𝒯) ≥ k) (this identification is proved separately);
here π_k is the purely analytic sequence (inventory item U10).
The paper sets π_k = 1 for k ≤ 0; this convention is encoded by piSeqZ, indexed by ℤ.
We also define κ = min{j ≥ 1 : μ_j > 0} (source lines 2913 and 3031) and prove the basic
two-sided bound μ_κ x^κ ≤ g(x) ≤ μ_κ x^κ + x^{κ+1} on [0, 1], together with
g(x) ≤ (1 - μ_0) x. For a critical μ with μ_1 ≠ 1, these give that π_k is positive,
strictly decreasing and tends to zero (item (a) of the analysis of Lemma lem:ell_asymp).
The real offspring mass μ_j.
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The sequence π_0 = 1, π_{k+1} = g(π_k). For a Bienaymé tree it is the tail
P(λ_∅(𝒯) ≥ k) of the root leaf-height.
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The paper's convention π_k = 1 for k ≤ 0, as an integer-indexed sequence.
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ℓ_k = π_k - π_{k+1}, which is P(λ_∅(𝒯) = k) for a Bienaymé tree.
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Real masses #
The mean of μ, in real numbers, for a critical law.
A critical law with μ_1 ≠ 1 charges some j ≥ 2.
A critical law with μ_1 ≠ 1 has μ_0 > 0.
The index κ #
The two-sided bound μ_κ x^κ ≤ g(x) ≤ μ_κ x^κ + x^{κ+1} on [0, 1].
Item (a): positivity, strict decrease and convergence to zero #
π_k is strictly decreasing.
π_k → 0 (extinction of the critical non-degenerate process).