%I #37 Jun 29 2014 12:51:06
%S 0,2,5,8,12,16,20,25,30,35,40,44,50,56,62,68,73,79,85,91,97,103,110,
%T 117,123,130,137,144,151,157,163,170,177,184,191,197,204,211,219,227,
%U 235,243,250,257,265,273,281,289,296,304,312,320,328,335,342,349,356
%N Maximal external path length of AVL trees with n (leaf-) nodes.
%C The external path length of a tree is the sum of the levels of its external nodes (i.e. leaves).
%D D. E. Knuth, Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 3, Sect. 6.2.3 (7) and (8).
%H Alois P. Heinz, <a href="/A228155/b228155.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..5000</a>
%H R. C. Richards, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0020-0190(83)90085-6">Shape distribution of height-balanced trees</a>, Info. Proc. Lett., 17 (1983), 17-20.
%H Wikipedia, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVL_tree">AVL tree</a>
%H <a href="/index/Ro#rooted">Index entries for sequences related to rooted trees</a>
%e The (two) AVL trees with 3 (leaf-) nodes have one with depth 1 and two with depth 2:
%e o o
%e / \ / \
%e o 1 1 o
%e / \ / \
%e 2 2 2 2
%e so a(3) = 5.
%t maxNods = 100; Clear[T, A029837, A072649, A036289, A228155]; T[0, 1] = 0; A029837[1] = 0; A072649[1] = 1; A228155[1] = 0; For[k = 2, k <= maxNods, k++, A029837[k] = maxNods; A072649[k] = 0; A228155u = 0; For[kL = 1, kL <= Floor[k/2], kL++, For[hL = A029837[kL], hL <= A072649[kL] - 1, hL++, For[hR = Max[hL - 1, A029837[k - kL]], hR <= Min[hL + 1, A072649[k - kL] - 1], hR++, maxDepthSum = k + T[hL, kL] + T[hR, k - kL]; A228155u = Max[maxDepthSum, A228155u]; h = Max[hL, hR] + 1; If[ !IntegerQ[T[h, k]], T[h, k] = maxDepthSum, T[h, k] = Max[maxDepthSum, T[h, k]]]; A029837[k] = Min[h, A029837[k]]; If[ !IntegerQ[A036289[h]], A036289[h] = maxDepthSum, A036289[h] = Max[maxDepthSum, A036289[h]]]; A072649[k] = Max[h + 1, A072649[k]]; ]]]; A228155[k] = A228155u]; k =.; Table[A228155[k], {k, 1, maxNods}] (* _Jean-François Alcover_, Aug 19 2013, translated and adapted from Herbert Eberle's MuPAD program *)
%o (MuPAD)
%o maxNods:=100: // max number of leaves (= external nodes)
%o // Triangle T for all AVL trees with <= maxNods leaves:
%o delete T:
%o // table T indexed [h, k] (h=height, k=number of leaves):
%o T[0, 1]:=0:
%o // A029837 indexed [k], min height of tree with k leaves:
%o A029837:=array(1..maxNods): A029837[1]:=0:
%o // A072649 indexed [k], 1+max height of AVL tree with k leaves:
%o A072649:=array(1..maxNods): A072649[1]:=1:
%o // A036289 indexed [h], max depthsum of all height h AVL trees:
%o A036289:=array(1..maxNods):
%o // A228155 indexed [k], max depthsum of all AVL trees with k leaves:
%o A228155:=array(1..maxNods): A228155[1]:=0:
%o for k from 2 to maxNods do:
%o A029837[k]:=maxNods: // try infinity for the min height
%o A072649[k]:=0:
%o A228155u:=0:
%o // Put together 2 AVL trees:
%o for kL from 1 to floor(k/2) do:
%o // kL leaves in the left tree
%o for hL from A029837[kL] to A072649[kL]-1 do:
%o for hR from max(hL-1, A029837[k-kL])
%o to min(hL+1, A072649[k-kL]-1) do:
%o // k-kL leaves in the right subtree
%o maxDepthSum:=T[hL, kL]+T[hR, k-kL]+k:
%o A228155u:=max(maxDepthSum, A228155u):
%o h:=max(hL, hR)+1:
%o if type(T[h, k]) <> DOM_INT then // T[h, k] uninit
%o T[h, k]:=maxDepthSum:
%o else
%o T[h, k]:=max(maxDepthSum, T[h, k]):
%o end_if:
%o A029837[k]:=min(h, A029837[k]):
%o if type(A036289[h]) <> DOM_INT then
%o A036289[h]:=maxDepthSum:
%o else
%o A036289[h]:=max(maxDepthSum, A036289[h]):
%o end_if:
%o A072649[k]:=max(h+1, A072649[k]):
%o end_for: // hR
%o end_for: // hL
%o end_for: // kL
%o A228155[k]:=A228155u:
%o end_for: // k
%Y Column maxima of triangles A228152, A228153.
%Y Row maxima give: n*2^n = A036289(n).
%Y Row minima give: A067331(n-1) for n>0 or A166106(n+2).
%Y Row lengths give: 1+A008466(n).
%Y Column heights give: A217710(k).
%Y Number of AVL trees read by rows gives: A143897.
%Y The infimum of all external path lengths of all binary trees with k (leaf-) nodes is: A003314(k) for k>0.
%Y Number of AVL trees read by columns gives: A217298.
%K nonn
%O 1,2
%A _Herbert Eberle_, Aug 14 2013