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Long and short paths in uniform random recursive dags

Probability 2015-05-13 v1

Abstract

In a uniform random recursive k-dag, there is a root, 0, and each node in turn, from 1 to n, chooses k uniform random parents from among the nodes of smaller index. If S_n is the shortest path distance from node n to the root, then we determine the constant \sigma such that S_n/log(n) tends to \sigma in probability as n tends to infinity. We also show that max_{1 \le i \le n} S_i/log(n) tends to \sigma in probability.

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@article{arxiv.0906.0152,
  title  = {Long and short paths in uniform random recursive dags},
  author = {Luc Devroye and Svante Janson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.0152},
  year   = {2015}
}

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16 pages

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