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On the Degree Sequence and its Critical Phenomenon of an Evolving Random Graph Process

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Abstract

In this paper we focus on the problem of the degree sequence for the following random graph process. At any time-step tt, one of the following three substeps is executed: with probability α1\alpha_1, a new vertex xtx_t and mm edges incident with xtx_t are added; or, with probability αα1\alpha-\alpha_1, mm edges are added; or finally, with probability 1\a1-\a, mm random edges are deleted. Note that in any case edges are added in the manner of preferential attachment. we prove that there exists a critical point αc\alpha_c satisfying: 1) if α1<αc\alpha_1<\alpha_c, then the model has power law degree sequence; 2) if α1>αc\alpha_1>\alpha_c, then the model has exponential degree sequence; and 3) if α1=αc\alpha_1=\alpha_c, then the model has a degree sequence lying between the above two cases.

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@article{arxiv.0806.4684,
  title  = {On the Degree Sequence and its Critical Phenomenon of an Evolving Random Graph Process},
  author = {Xian-Yuan Wu and Zhao Dong and Ke Liu and Kai-Yuan Cai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.4684},
  year   = {2008}
}

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18 pages

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