A simple derivation of the mean of the Sackin index of tree balance under the uniform model on rooted binary labeled trees

DOI10.1016/j.mbs.2021.108688zbMath1480.92149OpenAlexW3201378556MaRDI QIDQ2066468

Noah A. Rosenberg, Matthew C. King

Publication date: 14 January 2022

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2021.108688

zbMATH Keywords

Catalan numbersphylogeneticstree balance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15)

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