Leaf-heights of plane trees and the root leaf-height law #
Source lines 814–833 and 2911–2930. The leaf-height λ_v(T) of a vertex is the distance from
v to its closest leaf descendant; we define the root leaf-height λ_∅(T) recursively
(a leaf has 0; otherwise one plus the minimum over the children) and the leaf-height
λ(T) = max_{v ∈ T} λ_v(T), where λ_v(T) = λ_∅(T_v) for the fringe subtree T_v.
PlaneTree.le_leafHeight_iff_markCount_pos:λ(T) ≥ kiff the raw count∑_{v ∈ T} 1{λ_∅(T_v) ≥ k}is positive (inventory U04, source lines 827–829).LeafHeight.bienayme_real_le_rootLeafHeight: for a criticalμwithμ_1 ≠ 1,P(λ_∅(𝒯) ≥ k)is the analytic sequenceπ_k(π_0 = 1,π_{k+1} = g(π_k)), by the branching property (inventory U10, source lines 2922–2930, 2956–2957); andP(λ_∅(𝒯) = k) = ℓ_k.- Lemma
lem:ell_asympand the identification ofC_μ,D_μ(U03), restated for the tree law.
λ(T) ≥ k iff some vertex v has λ_∅(T_v) ≥ k.
U04 for the leaf-height: λ(T) ≥ k iff the raw marked count
∑_{v ∈ T} 1{λ_∅(T_v) ≥ k} is positive (source lines 827–829).
U10: for a critical μ with μ_1 ≠ 1, P(λ_∅(𝒯) ≥ k) = π_k, where π_0 = 1 and
π_{k+1} = g(π_k), g(x) = ∑_{j ≥ 1} μ_j x^j.
P(λ_∅(𝒯) = k) = ℓ_k = π_k - π_{k+1} (source line 3009).
P(λ_∅(𝒯) ≥ k) as a function of k is π.
Lemma lem:ell_asymp(i) for the tree law: if μ_1 > 0,
P(λ_∅(𝒯) ≥ k) ∼ C_μ μ_1^k with C_μ = lim P(λ_∅(𝒯) ≥ k)/μ_1^k > 0.
Lemma lem:ell_asymp(ii) for the tree law: if μ_1 = 0 and κ = min{j ≥ 2 : μ_j > 0},
P(λ_∅(𝒯) ≥ k) ∼ μ_κ^{-1/(κ-1)} D_μ^{κ^k} with
D_μ = lim P(λ_∅(𝒯) ≥ k)^{1/κ^k} ∈ (0, 1).