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Lights Out On A Random Graph

Combinatorics 2022-08-10 v2 Probability

Abstract

We consider the generalized game Lights Out played on a graph and investigate the following question: for a given positive integer nn, what is the probability that a graph chosen uniformly at random from the set of graphs with nn vertices yields a universally solvable game of Lights Out? When n11n \leq 11, we compute this probability exactly by determining if the game is universally solvable for each graph with nn vertices. We approximate this probability for each positive integer nn with n100n \leq 100 by applying a Monte Carlo method using 1,000,000 trials. We also perform the analogous computations for connected graphs.

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@article{arxiv.2108.07349,
  title  = {Lights Out On A Random Graph},
  author = {Bradley Forrest and Nicole Manno},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.07349},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

10 pages, 1 figure. The first version incorrectly stated that the number of unlabeled graphs with n vertices was known up to n=87. It is known at least up n=140, see reference 5. Consequently, we extended our results from n=87 to n=100, which required improving our algorithm. All results in the second version were obtained using the new code

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