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PruningNumber on OrderedTree ​

The number of prunings, each deleting every maximal hanging branch (a path of single-child vertices to a leaf), that reduce the tree to a single vertex.

On OrderedTree

Called as CombinatorialStat(x, "PruningNumber"). The head's page has its examples.

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Distribution

Over OrderedTrees at each size, tallied here in your browser; sizes past 6 are not offered.

FindStat St000679

The pruning number of an ordered tree.

ObjectValue
[[]]1
[[[]]]1
[[],[]]1
[[[[]]]]1
[[[],[]]]2
[[[]],[]]1
[[],[[]]]1
[[[[[]]]]]1

Data from FindStat, the combinatorial statistic finder; the page at findstat.org/St000679 has the rest.