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On the length of the shortest path in a sparse Barak-Erd\H{o}s graph

Probability 2022-01-13 v2

Abstract

We consider an inhomogeneous version of the Barak-Erd\H{o}s graph, i.e. a directed Er\H{o}s-R\'enyi random graph on {1,,n}\{1,\ldots,n\} with no loop. Given ff a Riemann-integrable non-negative function on [0,1]2[0,1]^2 and γ>0\gamma > 0, we define G(n,f,γ)G(n,f,\gamma) as the random graph with vertex set {1,,n}\{1,\ldots,n\} such that for each i<ji < j the directed edge (i,j)(i,j) is present with probability pi,j(n)=f(i/n,j/n)nγ p_{i, j}^{(n)} = \frac{f(i/n,j/n)}{n^\gamma}, independently of any other edge. We denote by LnL_n the length of the shortest path between vertices 11 and nn, and take interest in the asymptotic behaviour of LnL_n as nn \to \infty.

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@article{arxiv.2112.14932,
  title  = {On the length of the shortest path in a sparse Barak-Erd\H{o}s graph},
  author = {Bastien Mallein and Pavel Tesemnikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.14932},
  year   = {2022}
}