P\'osa rotation through a random permutation
Combinatorics
2025-02-04 v1
Abstract
What minimum degree of a graph on vertices guarantees that the union of and a random -factor (or permutation) is with high probability Hamiltonian? Gir\~ao and Espuny D{\'\i}az showed that the answer lies in the interval . We improve both the upper and lower bounds to resolve this problem asymptotically, showing that the answer is . Furthermore, if is assumed to be (nearly) regular then we obtain the much stronger bound that any degree growing at least polylogarithmically in 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.
Cite
@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}
}
Comments
11 pages, 3 figures