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On the Zagreb Index of Random Recursive Trees

Part of: Graph theory Limit theorems Combinatorial probability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Qunqiang Feng  and
Zhishui Hu
Qunqiang Feng*
Affiliation:
University of Science and Technology of China
Zhishui Hu*
Affiliation:
University of Science and Technology of China
*
∗ Postal address: Department of Statistics and Finance, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
∗ Postal address: Department of Statistics and Finance, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
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Abstract

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We investigate the Zagreb index, one of the topological indices, of random recursive trees in this paper. Through a recurrence equation, the first two moments of Z n , the Zagreb index of a random recursive tree of size n, are obtained. We also show that the random process {Z n − E[Z n ], n ≥ 1} is a martingale. Then the asymptotic normality of the Zagreb index of a random recursive tree is given by an application of the martingale central limit theorem. Finally, two other topological indices are also discussed in passing.

Keywords

Random treeZagreb indexrecursive treemartingale central limit theorem

MSC classification

Secondary: 05C05: Trees 60C05: Combinatorial probability 60F05: Central limit and other weak theorems

Information

Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 48 , Issue 4 , December 2011 , pp. 1189 - 1196
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 2011 

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