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Local convergence and stability of tight bridge-Addable graph classes

  • Université Paris 7
  • Universite de Montreal
  • University of Birmingham

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Abstract

A class of graphs is bridge-Addable if given a graph G in the class, any graph obtained by adding an edge between two connected components of G is also in the class. The authors recently proved a conjecture of McDiarmid, Steger, and Welsh stating that if G is bridge-Addable and Gn is a uniform n-vertex graph from G, then Gn is connected with probability at least (1 + o(1))e-1/2. The constant e-1/2 is best possible since it is reached for the class of forests. In this paper we prove a form of uniqueness in this statement: if G is a bridge-Addable class and the random graph Gn is connected with probability close to e-1/2, then Gn is asymptotically close to a uniform forest in some "local" sense. For example, if the probability converges to e-1/2, then Gn converges for the Benjamini-Schramm topology, to the uniform infinite random forest F∞. This result is reminiscent of so-called "stability results" in extremal graph theory, with the difference that here the "stable" extremum is not a graph but a graph class.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationApproximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques - 19th International Workshop, APPROX 2016 and 20th International Workshop, RANDOM 2016
EditorsKlaus Jansen, Claire Mathieu, Jose D. P. Rolim, Chris Umans
PublisherSchloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing
ISBN (Electronic)9783959770187
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event19th International Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, APPROX 2016 and the 20th International Workshop on Randomization and Computation, RANDOM 2016 - Paris, France
Duration: 7 Sept 20169 Sept 2016

Publication series

NameLeibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs
Volume60
ISSN (Print)1868-8969

Conference

Conference19th International Workshop on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, APPROX 2016 and the 20th International Workshop on Randomization and Computation, RANDOM 2016
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period7/09/169/09/16

Keywords

  • Bridge-Addable Classes
  • Local Convergence
  • Random Forests.
  • Random Graphs
  • Stability

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