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Colour ratio in Prim's ranking of bipartite graphs

Probability 2026-01-23 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

We consider a complete bipartite graph of size nn endowed with i.i.d. uniform edge weights and run Prim's Algorithm to obtain a ranking of its vertices. Let ρk(n)\rho^{(n)}_k be the proportion of black vertices among the first kk vertices in this ranking. We characterise the limit behaviour of ρk(n)\rho^{(n)}_k as both nn and kk tend to infinity. Our results show that in general the limit of ρk(n)\rho^{(n)}_k, when existing, differs from the overall proportion of the black vertices in the graph.

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@article{arxiv.2601.15520,
  title  = {Colour ratio in Prim's ranking of bipartite graphs},
  author = {Félix Kahane and Minmin Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.15520},
  year   = {2026}
}

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