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Enumeration and limit laws of series-parallel graphs

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We show that the number gng_n of labelled series-parallel graphs on nn vertices is asymptotically gngn5/2γnn!g_n \sim g\cdot n^{-5/2} \gamma^n n!, where γ\gamma and gg are explicit computable constants. We show that the number of edges in random series-parallel graphs is asymptotically normal with linear mean and variance, and that the number of edges is sharply concentrated around its expected value. Similar results are proved for labelled outerplanar graphs and for graphs not containing K2,3K_{2,3} as a minor.

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@article{arxiv.math/0512435,
  title  = {Enumeration and limit laws of series-parallel graphs},
  author = {Manuel Bodirsky and Omer Gimenez and Mihyun Kang and Marc Noy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0512435},
  year   = {2007}
}

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14 pages

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