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The size of components in continuum nearest-neighbor graphs

Probability 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We study the size of connected components of random nearest-neighbor graphs with vertex set the points of a homogeneous Poisson point process in Rd{\mathbb{R}}^d. The connectivity function is shown to decay superexponentially, and we identify the exact exponent. From this we also obtain the decay rate of the maximal number of points of a path through the origin. We define the generation number of a point in a component and establish its asymptotic distribution as the dimension dd tends to infinity.

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@article{arxiv.math/0605640,
  title  = {The size of components in continuum nearest-neighbor graphs},
  author = {Iva Kozakova and Ronald Meester and Seema Nanda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0605640},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009117905000000729 in the Annals of Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aop/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)