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Table 1 \(E_{Y}(V_{n}), E_{U}(V_{n}), \sigma _{U}^{2}(S_{n}), \sigma _{U}^{2}(\Phi _{n})\), and CovU(Sn,Φn) for n=3,…,8

From: On Sackin’s original proposal: the variance of the leaves’ depths as a phylogenetic balance index

n

3

4

5

6

7

8

EY(Vn)

0.2222

0.4583

0.6800

0.8833

1.0694

1.2402

EU(Vn)

0.2222

0.5500

0.9371

1.3624

1.8145

2.2864

\(\sigma _{U}^{2}(S_{n})\)

0

0.1600

0.7755

2.2358

4.9991

9.5765

\(\sigma _{U}^{2}(\Phi _{n})\)

0

0.6400

4.7755

19.5828

58.9752

146.2314

CovU(Sn,Φn)

0

0.3200

1.9184

6.5805

17.0441

37.0899