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Limit laws for component-pruned sparse random graphs and percolated tori

Logic 2026-07-13 v1 Combinatorics Probability

Abstract

We prove an MSO2\mathrm{MSO}_2 zero-one law for a very sparse Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi graph after pruning by component order. Let pn=cn/np_n=c_n/n, where cn0c_n\to0, and delete every component of order less than f(n)f(n), where f(n)f(n)\to\infty. If f(n)(logf(n)+log(1/cn))=o(logn), f(n)\bigl(\log f(n)+\log(1/c_n)\bigr)=o(\log n), then the resulting graph satisfies a zero-one law for MSO2\mathrm{MSO}_2, with quantification over sets of vertices and sets of edges. The proof combines uniform component counts, an MSO Feferman-Vaught decomposition for disjoint unions, and semilinearity of the order spectra of MSO-definable classes of finite trees. We also show that the term f(n)logf(n)f(n)\log f(n) cannot simply be omitted: star components can occur at first-order-visible Poisson thresholds. We further establish first-order limit laws for bond percolation on the discrete torus TLdT_L^d. In the two-sided subpolynomial regime, pruning below a sufficiently slow threshold yields a zero-one law. For the unpruned model in either one-sided polynomial regime, the reciprocal exponents α=1/k\alpha=1/k are precisely the critical scales. At such a scale, an extended limit of NpNkN p_N^k or NqNkN q_N^k equal to 00 or \infty gives a zero-one law; a positive finite limit gives a convergence law but not a zero-one law; and the absence of an extended limit gives failure of convergence. Finally, MSO1\mathrm{MSO}_1 already detects the parity of the torus side length through bipartiteness, producing a natural obstruction to monadic convergence in a near-deterministic regime.

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@article{arxiv.2607.11033,
  title  = {Limit laws for component-pruned sparse random graphs and percolated tori},
  author = {Mostafa Mirabi and Saharon Shelah},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.11033},
  year   = {2026}
}

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26 pages