On Wormald's differential equation method
Combinatorics
2019-06-18 v2 Discrete Mathematics
Probability
Abstract
This note contains a short and simple proof of Wormald's differential equation method (that yields slightly improved approximation guarantees and error probabilities). This powerful method uses differential equations to approximate the time-evolution/dynamics of random processes and algorithms.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1905.08928,
title = {On Wormald's differential equation method},
author = {Lutz Warnke},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.08928},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
7 pages; minor corrections