We consider three random variables X_n, Y_n and Z_n, which represent the numbers of the nodes with 0, 1, and 2 children, in the binary search trees of size n. The expectation and variance of the three above random var...We consider three random variables X_n, Y_n and Z_n, which represent the numbers of the nodes with 0, 1, and 2 children, in the binary search trees of size n. The expectation and variance of the three above random variables are got, and it is also shown that X_n, Y_n and Z_n are all asymptotically normal as n→∞by applying the contraction method.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10671188)the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KJCX3-SYW-S02)the Special Foundation of University of Science and Technology of China
文摘We consider three random variables X_n, Y_n and Z_n, which represent the numbers of the nodes with 0, 1, and 2 children, in the binary search trees of size n. The expectation and variance of the three above random variables are got, and it is also shown that X_n, Y_n and Z_n are all asymptotically normal as n→∞by applying the contraction method.