Bunkbed conjecture for complete bipartite graphs and related classes of graphs
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2025-03-25 v2 Combinatorics
Abstract
Let be a simple finite graph. The corresponding bunkbed graph consists of two copies of and additional edges connecting any two vertices that are the copies of a vertex . The bunkbed conjecture states that for independent bond percolation on , for all , it is more likely for to be connected than for to be connected. While this seems very plausible, so far surprisingly little is known rigorously. Recently the conjecture has been proved for complete graphs. Here we give a proof for complete bipartite graphs, complete graphs minus the edges of a complete subgraph, and symmetric complete -partite graphs.
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@article{arxiv.2204.12931,
title = {Bunkbed conjecture for complete bipartite graphs and related classes of graphs},
author = {Thomas Richthammer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.12931},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
10 pages, in the new version: some references and discussion added