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P\'osa rotation through a random permutation

Combinatorics 2025-02-04 v1

Abstract

What minimum degree of a graph GG on nn vertices guarantees that the union of GG and a random 22-factor (or permutation) is with high probability Hamiltonian? Gir\~ao and Espuny D{\'\i}az showed that the answer lies in the interval [15logn,n3/4+o(1)][\tfrac15 \log n, n^{3/4+o(1)}]. We improve both the upper and lower bounds to resolve this problem asymptotically, showing that the answer is (1+o(1))nlogn/2(1+o(1))\sqrt{n\log n/2}. Furthermore, if GG is assumed to be (nearly) regular then we obtain the much stronger bound that any degree growing at least polylogarithmically in nn is sufficient for Hamiltonicity. Our proofs use some insights from the rich theory of random permutations and a randomised version of the classical technique of P\'osa rotation adapted to multiple exposure arguments.

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@article{arxiv.2502.00489,
  title  = {P\'osa rotation through a random permutation},
  author = {Nemanja Draganić and Peter Keevash},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.00489},
  year   = {2025}
}

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11 pages, 3 figures

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