Moment convergence conjecture for generation sizes of simply generated trees

Let Tn{\mathcal T}_n be the conditioned simply generated tree, let T^\widehat{{\mathcal T}} be its limiting size-biased tree, and let lk(T)l_k(T) denote the number of vertices at distance kk from the root. Generation-size moment conjecture. For every integer r1r\geqslant1 and every k1k\geqslant1, if ν>0\nu>0, then

Elk(Tn)rElk(T^)r.\operatorname{\mathbb E}\,l_k({\mathcal T}_n)^r\to\operatorname{\mathbb E}\,l_k(\widehat{{\mathcal T}})^r\leqslant\infty.

The same convergence is conjectured for every real r>0r>0, including non-integer moments. The source explains that integer moments would follow from uniform integrability, which is not established in the stated generality.

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Svante Janson, “Simply generated trees, conditioned Galton–Watson trees, random allocations and condensation”, arXiv:1112.0510 (2011).

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