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The diamond-free process

Combinatorics 2010-10-26 v1

Abstract

Let K_4^- denote the diamond graph, formed by removing an edge from the complete graph K_4. We consider the following random graph process: starting with n isolated vertices, add edges uniformly at random provided no such edge creates a copy of K_4^-. We show that, with probability tending to 1 as nn \to \infty, the final size of the graph produced is Θ(log(n)n3/2)\Theta(\sqrt{\log(n)} \cdot n^{3/2}). Our analysis also suggests that the graph produced after i edges are added resembles the random graph, with the additional condition that the edges which do not lie on triangles form a random-looking subgraph.

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@article{arxiv.1010.5207,
  title  = {The diamond-free process},
  author = {Michael E. Picollelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.5207},
  year   = {2010}
}

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25 pages

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