Sharp threshold for Hamilton cycles in randomly perturbed sparse graphs
math.CO2026-05v1license
Abstract
We determine the sharp threshold for Hamilton cycles in randomly perturbed sparse graphs. For any , let be an -vertex graph with minimum degree . We prove that if then the union is Hamiltonian asymptotically almost surely. This significantly strengthens a recent result of Hahn-Klimroth, Maesaka, Mogge, Mohr, and Parczyk by improving the leading constant from 6 to the optimal value of 1. Crucially, we show that this bound on is best possible when , thereby establishing the exact probability threshold for Hamiltonicity in this sparse regime. Our proof relies on a robust random expansion lemma, P\'{o}sa's booster lemma, and a sprinkling argument.
Comments: 7 pages
Cite
@article{arxiv.2605.29553,
title = {Sharp threshold for Hamilton cycles in randomly perturbed sparse graphs},
author = {Guorui Ma and Zhifei Yan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.29553},
year = {2026}
}