The number of descendants in a preferential attachment graph
Abstract
We study the number of vertices that can be reached from the last added vertex via a directed path (the descendants) in the standard preferential attachment graph. In this model, vertices are sequentially added, each born with outdegree ; the endpoint of each outgoing edge is chosen among previously added vertices with probability proportional to the current degree of the vertex plus some number . We show that converges in distribution as , where depends on both and , and the limiting distribution is given by a product of a constant factor and the -th power of a Gamma(m/(m-1),1) variable. The proof uses a P\'olya urn representation of preferential attachment graphs, and the arguments of Janson (2024) where the same problem was studied in uniform attachment graphs. Further results, including convergence of all moments and analogues for the version with possible self-loops are provided.
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@article{arxiv.2412.13975,
title = {The number of descendants in a preferential attachment graph},
author = {Svante Janson and Tiffany Y. Y. Lo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.13975},
year = {2024}
}
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44 pages