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Year: 2014 | Volume: 13 | Issue: 7 | Page No.: 1459-1462
DOI: 10.3923/itj.2014.1459.1462
A Combinatorial Proof for Identities on an Odd Number and an Even Number of Right Leaves in p-ary Trees
Sabrina X.M. Pang and Lun Lv

Abstract: A binary tree is a plane tree such that each internal vertex has two children. The structure of binary tree is widely used in computer science. The structure of p-ary tree is a generalization of the structure of binary tree such that each internal vertex has p children. This study investigates the number of right leaves in p-ary trees. A leaf is referred as a right leaf if it is the rightmost child of some internal vertex. Moreover, based on p-ary trees, a combinatorial proof of identities related to an odd number and an even number of right leaves in p-ary trees is presented. This study provides an efficient structure for computer and information science and further extensive application of the structure p-ary trees with their right leaves will be investigated in the future.

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Sabrina X.M. Pang and Lun Lv, 2014. A Combinatorial Proof for Identities on an Odd Number and an Even Number of Right Leaves in p-ary Trees. Information Technology Journal, 13: 1459-1462.

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