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How many random edges make a dense hypergraph non-2-colorable?

Combinatorics 2007-07-04 v1

Abstract

We study a model of random uniform hypergraphs, where a random instance is obtained by adding random edges to a large hypergraph of a given density. We obtain a tight bound on the number of random edges required to ensure non-2-colorability. We prove that for any k-uniform hypergraph with Omega(n^{k-epsilon}) edges, adding omega(n^{k epsilon/2}) random edges makes the hypergraph almost surely non-2-colorable. This is essentially tight, since there is a 2-colorable hypergraph with Omega(n^{k-\epsilon}) edges which almost surely remains 2-colorable even after adding o(n^{k \epsilon / 2}) random edges.

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@article{arxiv.0707.0315,
  title  = {How many random edges make a dense hypergraph non-2-colorable?},
  author = {Benny Sudakov and Jan Vondrak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.0315},
  year   = {2007}
}
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