On q-functional equations and excursion moments

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DOI10.1016/J.DISC.2007.12.072zbMATH Open1227.39006arXivmath/0503198OpenAlexW2115836261MaRDI QIDQ998510FDOQ998510

Christoph Richard

Publication date: 28 January 2009

Published in: Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We analyse q-functional equations arising from tree-like combinatorial structures, which are counted by size, internal path length, and certain generalisations thereof. The corresponding counting parameters are labelled by a positive integer k. We show the existence of a joint limit distribution for these parameters in the limit of infinite size, if the size generating function has a square root as dominant singularity. The limit distribution coincides with that of integrals of k-th powers of the standard Brownian excursion. Our approach yields a recursion for the moments of the limit distribution. It can be used to analyse asymptotic expansions of the moments, and it admits an extension to other types of singularity.


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