On the variational distance of two trees

Authors
Steel, M. A. Székely, L. A.
Citation
A. Steel, M. et A. Székely, L., On the variational distance of two trees, Annals of applied probability , 16(3), 2006, pp. 1563-1575
Journal title
Annals of applied probability → ACNP
ISSN journal
10505164
Volume
16
Issue
3
Year of publication
2006
Pages
1563 - 1575
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
A widely studied model for generating sequences is to .evolve. them on a tree according to a symmetric Markov process. We prove that model trees tend to be maximally .far apart. in terms of variational distance.