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The strong giant in a random digraph

Probability 2015-04-27 v3

Abstract

Consider a random directed graph on nn vertices with independent identically distributed outdegrees with distribution FF having mean μ\mu, and destinations of arcs selected uniformly at random. We show that if μ>1\mu >1 then for large nn there is very likely to be a unique giant strong component with proportionate size given as the product of two branching process survival probabilities, one with offspring distribution FF and the other with Poisson offspring distribution with mean μ\mu. If μ1\mu \leq 1 there is very likely to be no giant strong component. We also extend this to allow for FF varying with nn.

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@article{arxiv.1409.4371,
  title  = {The strong giant in a random digraph},
  author = {Mathew D. Penrose},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.4371},
  year   = {2015}
}

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18 pages

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