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Trees in Random Sparse Graphs with a Given Degree Sequence

Probability 2014-02-24 v3 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let GD\mathbb{G}^{D} be the set of graphs G(V,E)G(V,\, E) with V=n\left|V\right|=n, and the degree sequence equal to D=(d1,d2,,dn)D=(d_{1},\, d_{2},\,\dots,\, d_{n}). In addition, for 12<a<1\frac{1}{2}<a<1, we define the set of graphs with an almost given degree sequence DD as follows, GaD:=GDˉ, \mathbb{G}_{a}^{D}:=\cup\,\mathbb{G}^{\bar{D}}, where the union is over all degree sequences Dˉ\bar{D} such that, for 1in1\leq i\leq n, we have didˉi<dia\left|d_{i}-\bar{d}_{i}\right|<d_{i}^{a}. Now, if we chose random graphs Gg(D)\mathcal{G}_{\mathbf{g}}\left(D\right) and Ga(D)\mathcal{G}_{\mathbf{a}}\left(D\right) uniformly out of the sets GD\mathbb{G}^{D} and GaD\mathbb{G}_{a}^{D}, respectively, what do they look like? This has been studied when Gg(D)\mathcal{G}_{\mathbf{g}}\left(D\right) is a dense graph, i.e. E=Θ(n2)\left|E\right|=\Theta(n^{2}), in the sense of graphons, or when Gg(D)\mathcal{G}_{\mathbf{g}}\left(D\right) is very sparse, i.e. dn2=o(E)d_{n}^{2}=o(\left|E\right|). In the case of sparse graphs with an almost given degree sequence, we investigate this question, and give the finite tree subgraph structure of Ga(D)\mathcal{G}_{\mathbf{a}}\left(D\right) under some mild conditions. For the random graph Gg(D)\mathcal{G}_{\mathbf{g}}\left(D\right) with a given degree sequence, we re-derive the finite tree structure in dense and very sparse cases to give a continuous picture. Moreover, for a pair of vectors (D1,D2)Zn1×Zn2\left(D_{1},D_{2}\right)\in\mathbb{Z}^{n_{1}}\times\mathbb{Z}^{n_{2}}, we let Gb(D1,D2)\mathcal{G}_{\mathbf{b}}\left(D_{1},D_{2}\right) be the random bipartite graph that is chosen uniformly out of the set GD1,D2\mathbb{G}^{D_{1},D_{2}}, where GD1,D2\mathbb{G}^{D_{1},D_{2}} is the set of all bipartite graphs with the degree sequence (D1,D2)\left(D_{1},D_{2}\right). We are able to show the result for Gb(D1,D2)\mathcal{G}_{\mathbf{b}}\left(D_{1},D_{2}\right) without any further conditions.

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@article{arxiv.1401.0220,
  title  = {Trees in Random Sparse Graphs with a Given Degree Sequence},
  author = {Behzad Mehrdad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.0220},
  year   = {2014}
}

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49 pages, 2 figure

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