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Large deviations for the leaves in some random trees

Part of: Graph theory Limit theorems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Wlodek Bryc ,
David Minda  and
Sunder Sethuraman
Wlodek Bryc*
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati
David Minda*
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati
Sunder Sethuraman*
Affiliation:
Iowa State University
*
∗ Postal address: Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Cincinnati, 2855 Campus Way, PO Box 210025, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0025, USA.
∗ Postal address: Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Cincinnati, 2855 Campus Way, PO Box 210025, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0025, USA.
∗∗∗∗ Postal address: Department of Mathematics, 396 Carver Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. Email address: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Large deviation principles and related results are given for a class of Markov chains associated to the ‘leaves' in random recursive trees and preferential attachment random graphs, as well as the ‘cherries’ in Yule trees. In particular, the method of proof, combining analytic and Dupuis–Ellis-type path arguments, allows for an explicit computation of the large deviation pressure.

Keywords

Large deviationcentral limitpreferential attachmentplanar orienteduniformly random treesleavescherriesYulerandom Stirling permutations

MSC classification

Primary: 60F10: Large deviations
Secondary: 05C80: Random graphs
Type
General Applied Probability
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 41 , Issue 3 , September 2009 , pp. 845 - 873
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 2009 

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