Phylogenetic Inference and the Stickiness of Fr'echet Means, via Precise Asymptotics of an Embedded Random Walk

arXiv:2609.24816 · q-bio.PE, math.ST, stat.ME, stat.TH · Submitted 2026-09-21 · Read on arXiv

q-bio.PE, math.ST, stat.ME, stat.TH

Submitted: 2026-09-21

Updated: 2026-09-21

Code: https://github.com/aqjaffe/PhyloStickyRW

Terminology

• Consistency — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Adam — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Generalization — 1× in this paper · explained in 13 episodes
• Sample Complexity — 1× in this paper · explained in 15 episodes
• Systematic Bias — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

Sources

• Fr'echet Means in Infinite Dimensions
• Large Deviations Principle for Bures-Wasserstein Barycenters

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