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Zero-one laws for k-variable first-order logic of sparse random graphs

Combinatorics 2019-02-12 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we prove that for every positive ε\varepsilon, there exists an α(1/(k1),1/(k1)+ε)\alpha\in(1/(k-1),1/(k-1)+\varepsilon) such that the binomial random graph G(n,nα)G(n,n^{-\alpha}) does not obey 0-1 law w.r.t. first order sentences with k variables. In contrast, for every α(0,1/(k1)]\alpha\in(0,1/(k-1)], G(n,nα)G(n,n^{-\alpha}) obeys 0-1 law w.r.t. this logic.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1811.07026,
  title  = {Zero-one laws for k-variable first-order logic of sparse random graphs},
  author = {A. S. Razafimahatratra and M. Zhukovskii},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.07026},
  year   = {2019}
}
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