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Independent sets in random subgraphs of the hypercube

Combinatorics 2022-01-19 v1 Probability

Abstract

Let Qd,pQ_{d,p} be the random subgraph of the dd-dimensional hypercube {0,1}d\{0,1\}^d, where each edge is retained independently with probability pp. We study the asymptotic number of independent sets in Qd,pQ_{d,p} as dd \to \infty for a wide range of parameters pp, including values of pp tending to zero as fast as Clogdd1/3\frac{C\log d}{d^{1/3}}, constant values of pp, and values of pp tending to one. The results extend to the hardcore model on Qd,pQ_{d,p}, and are obtained by studying the closely related antiferromagnetic Ising model on the hypercube, which can be viewed as a positive-temperature hardcore model on the hypercube. These results generalize previous results by Galvin, Jenssen and Perkins on the hard-core model on the hypercube, corresponding to the case p=1p=1, which extended Korshunov and Sapozhenko's classical result on the asymptotic number of independent sets in the hypercube.

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@article{arxiv.2201.06127,
  title  = {Independent sets in random subgraphs of the hypercube},
  author = {Gal Kronenberg and Yinon Spinka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.06127},
  year   = {2022}
}

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44 pages

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