# we-solve research prompt: Math-1701, Largest common subcladogram exponents

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/largest-common-subcladogram-exponents/).

## Rules
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 9700019; source catalogue code AMR-096-0019
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\section*{Largest common subcladogram exponents}\label{9700019}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 9700019 · AMR-096-0019 · Probability · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
A rooted binary cladogram on $[n]=\{1,\ldots,n\}$ is a finite rooted tree whose leaves carry these distinct labels, whose internal vertices have two unordered children, and whose internal vertices carry no labels. For $A\subseteq[n]$, its induced cladogram retains the ancestry connecting the leaves of $A$, takes their most recent common ancestor as root, and suppresses vertices with only one retained child.

Consider separately two probability laws: the uniform law on the $(2n-3)!!$ such cladograms, and the coalescent law obtained by starting with $n$ single-leaf lineages and repeatedly choosing uniformly a pair of current lineages and joining them under a new parent.

Under either law, sample $T_1,T_2$ independently and set
\[
C_n=\max\{|A|:A\subseteq[n],\ T_1|_A\cong T_2|_A\},
\]
where the isomorphism must preserve the root and each leaf label. Prove that there are constants $\gamma_a,\gamma_b<1/2$, respectively for the uniform and coalescent laws, for which
\[
\mathbb EC_n=n^{\gamma_a+o(1)},\qquad
\mathbb EC_n=n^{\gamma_b+o(1)},
\]
and identify or characterize these exponents.

The statements are equivalent to convergence of $\log\mathbb EC_n/\log n$ to the corresponding constants. The same subset of labels must be used in both trees; arbitrary relabeling is not permitted. The requested result concerns the optimum common induced cladogram, not merely the output of one particular recursive matching algorithm.
\subsection{Short English statement}
What are the growth exponents of the largest common labeled subcladogram in two independent uniform or coalescent random trees?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 9700019 (AMR-096-0019), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Aldous - Open problems, substructures.html; linked 2003 document, Example 3. Original source indexed by AMR-096-0019.
\url{https://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~aldous/Research/OP/index.html}.
\item[S3] D. Aldous, Largest common substructures in probabilistic combinatorics, original problem definitions.
\url{https://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~aldous/Research/OP/common_subs.pdf}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-096-0019

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-9700019
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
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