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On the diameter of random uniform hypergraphs in dense regime

Probability 2025-12-05 v1

Abstract

For a fixed natural number t2t\geq 2, we consider tt-uniform random hypergraphs H(n,t,p)\mathscr{H} (n,t,p) on nn vertices [n]={1,,n}[n]=\{1,\ldots, n\}, where each tt-subset of [n][n] is included as a hyperedge with probability pp and independently. We show that the diameter of H(n,t,p)\mathscr{H} (n,t,p) is concentrated only at two points in the dense regime. More precisely, suppose diam(H)diam(\mathcal H) denotes the diameter of a hypergraph H\mathcal H on nn vertices. We show that, for fixed t,c,dt,c,d constants, if nn and pp (depends on t,c,d,nt,c,d,n) satisfy (t1)dNdpdn=log(n2c),\mboxwhereN=(n1t1), \frac{ (t-1)^ {d} N^{d} p^{d}} {n}= \log \left( \frac{n^2}{c} \right), \mbox{ where } N={n-1\choose t-1}, cc is a positive constant and d2d\geq2 is a natural number, then limnP(diam(H)=d)=ec2 and limnP(diam(H)=d+1)=1ec2. \lim_{n \to \infty} \mathbb{P} \left( diam( \mathcal{H}) = d \right) = e^{- \frac{c}{2}} \text{ and } \lim_{n \to \infty} \mathbb{P} \left( diam(\mathcal{H}) = d+1 \right) = 1- e^{- \frac{c}{2}}. In particular, the case where t=2t = 2 corresponds to the diameter of the Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi graph, as established by Bollob\'as in \cite[Theorem~6]{bollobas1981diameter}. Bollob\' as's result was proven using the moments method, which is challenging to apply in our context due to the complexity of the model. In this paper, we utilize the Stein-Chen method along with coupling techniques to prove our result. This approach can potentially be used to solve various problems, in particular diameter problems, in more complex networks.

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@article{arxiv.2512.04544,
  title  = {On the diameter of random uniform hypergraphs in dense regime},
  author = {Kartick Adhikari and Asrafunnesa Khatun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.04544},
  year   = {2025}
}

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31 pages

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