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The Distribution of Heights of Binary Trees and Other Simple Trees

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2008

Philippe Flajolet,
Zhicheng Gao,
Andrew Odlyzko and
Bruce Richmond
Philippe Flajolet
Affiliation:
INRIA, 78150 Rocquencourt, France
Zhicheng Gao
Affiliation:
Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S5B6, Canada
Andrew Odlyzko
Affiliation:
AT& T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, United States
Bruce Richmond
Affiliation:
Dept. of Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L3G1, Canada
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Abstract

The number, , of rooted plane binary trees of height ≤ h with n internal nodes is shown to satisfy

uniformly for δ−1(log n)−1/2 ≤ β ≤ δ(log n)1/2, where and δ is a positive constant. An asymptotic formula for is derived for h = cn, where 0 < c < 1. Bounds for are also derived for large and small heights. The methods apply to any simple family of trees, and the general asymptotic results are stated.

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Combinatorics, Probability and Computing , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , June 1993, pp. 145 - 156
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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