The Wiener Index of Random Trees

Source abstract

The Wiener index is analysed for random recursive trees and random binary search trees in uniform probabilistic models. We obtain expectations, asymptotics for the variances, and limit laws for this parameter. The limit distributions are characterized as the projections of bivariate measures that satisfy certain fixed point equations. Covariances, asymptotic correlations, and bivariate limit laws for the Wiener index and the internal path length are given.