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Consider a Markov chain \\(({\\xi }_v)_{v\\in V}\\in [k]_V\\) on the infinite \\(b\\)-ary tree \\(T=(V,E)\\) with irreducible edge transition matrix \\(M\\), where \\(b\\geq 2\\), \\(k\\geq 2\\) and \\([k]={1,…,k}\\). We denote by \\(L_n\\) the level-\\(n\\) vertices of \\(T\\). Assume \\(M\\) has a real second-largest (in absolute value) eigenvalue \\(\\lambda\\) with corresponding real eigenvector \\(\\nu \\neq 0\\). Letting \\({\\sigma }_v={\\nu }_{{\\xi }_v}\\), we consider the following root-state estimator, which was introduced by Mossel and Peres (2003) in the context of the “recontruction problem” on trees:

\\(S_n=(b\\lambda )_{-n}{\\sum }_{x\\in L_n}{\\sigma }_x.\\)<\/div> As noted by Mossel and Peres, when \\(b{\\lambda }_2>1\\) (the so-called Kesten-Stigum reconstruction phase) the quantity \\(S_n\\) has uniformly bounded variance. Here, we give bounds on the moment-generating functions of \\(S_n\\) and \\(S_2^n\\) when \\(b{\\lambda }_2>1\\). Our results have implications for the inference of evolutionary trees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Consider a Markov chain on the infinite -ary tree with irreducible edge transition matrix , where , and . We denote by the level- vertices of . Assume has a real second-largest (in absolute value) eigenvalue with corresponding real eigenvector . 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