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Random subtrees of complete graphs

Combinatorics 2013-08-22 v1

Abstract

We study the asymptotic behavior of four statistics associated with subtrees of complete graphs: the uniform probability pnp_n that a random subtree is a spanning tree of KnK_n, the weighted probability qnq_n (where the probability a subtree is chosen is proportional to the number of edges in the subtree) that a random subtree spans and the two expectations associated with these two probabilities. We find pnp_n and qnq_n both approach ee1.692e^{-e^{-1}}\approx .692, while both expectations approach the size of a spanning tree, i.e., a random subtree of KnK_n has approximately n1n-1 edges.

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@article{arxiv.1308.4613,
  title  = {Random subtrees of complete graphs},
  author = {Alex J. Chin and Gary Gordon and Kellie J. MacPhee and Charles Vincent},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.4613},
  year   = {2013}
}
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