Tropical Fermat-Weber Points over Spaces of $M$-Ultrametrics

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Main Authors: Cox, Shelby, Sabol, John, Talbut, Roan, Yoshida, Ruriko
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author Cox, Shelby
Sabol, John
Talbut, Roan
Yoshida, Ruriko
author_facet Cox, Shelby
Sabol, John
Talbut, Roan
Yoshida, Ruriko
contents We extend reconstruction methods for phylogenetic trees to ultrametrics of arbitrary matroids and study the stability of these data analysis methods in the combinatorial spirit of Andreas Dress. In particular, we generalize Atteson's work on the safety radius of phylogenetic reconstruction methods, as well as Gascuel and Steel's work on the stochastic safety radius, to arbitrary matroids. We also show that although the tropical Fermat-Weber points of an $M$-ultrametric sample are generally not contained in the space of $M$-ultrametrics, the intersection between the Fermat-Weber set and the space of $M$-ultrametrics is non-empty.
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spellingShingle Tropical Fermat-Weber Points over Spaces of $M$-Ultrametrics
Cox, Shelby
Sabol, John
Talbut, Roan
Yoshida, Ruriko
Combinatorics
Populations and Evolution
We extend reconstruction methods for phylogenetic trees to ultrametrics of arbitrary matroids and study the stability of these data analysis methods in the combinatorial spirit of Andreas Dress. In particular, we generalize Atteson's work on the safety radius of phylogenetic reconstruction methods, as well as Gascuel and Steel's work on the stochastic safety radius, to arbitrary matroids. We also show that although the tropical Fermat-Weber points of an $M$-ultrametric sample are generally not contained in the space of $M$-ultrametrics, the intersection between the Fermat-Weber set and the space of $M$-ultrametrics is non-empty.
title Tropical Fermat-Weber Points over Spaces of $M$-Ultrametrics
topic Combinatorics
Populations and Evolution
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.09584