Hamiltonicity thresholds in Achlioptas processes
Hamiltonicity thresholds in Achlioptas processes
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Achlioptas 过程中的哈密顿度阈值
DOI:
10.1002/rsa.20302
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发表时间:
2008
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1
通讯作者:
B. Sudakov
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作者:
Michael Krivelevich;E. Lubetzky;B. Sudakov
In this article, we analyze the appearance of a Hamilton cycle in the following random process. The process starts with an empty graph on nlabeled vertices. At each round we are presented with K = K(n) edges, chosen uniformly at random from the missing ones, and are asked to add one of them to the current graph. The goal is to create a Hamilton cycle as soon as possible. We show that this problem has three regimes, depending on the value of K. For K = o(log n), the threshold for Hamiltonicity is ${1 + o(1) \over 2K}$n log n, i.e., typically we can construct a Hamilton cycle K times faster that in the usual random graph process. When K = ω(log n) we can essentially waste almost no edges, and create a Hamilton cycle in n + o(n) rounds with high probability. Finally, in the intermediate regime where K = Θ(log n), the threshold has order nand we obtain upper and lower bounds that differ by a multiplicative factor of 3. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Random Struct. Alg., 2010