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The maximum likelihood threshold (MLT) of a graph $G$ is the minimum number of samples to almost surely guarantee existence of the maximum likelihood estimate in the corresponding Gaussian graphical model. We give a new characterization of…

Let $G$ be a connected graph on $n$ vertices and at most $n(1+\epsilon)$ edges with bounded maximum degree, and $F$ a graph on $n$ vertices with minimum degree at least $n-k$, where $\epsilon$ is a constant depending on $k$. In this paper,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Ting Huang , Yanbo Zhang , Yaojun Chen

In this paper, we give an analytic solution for graphs with n nodes and E edges for which the probability of obtaining a given graph G is specified in terms of the degree sequence of G. We describe how this model naturally appears in the…

Probability · Mathematics 2008-10-20 M. Draief , A. Ganesh , L. Massoulie

For any $S\subset [n]$, we compute the probability that the subgraph of $\mathcal{G}_{n,d}$ induced by $S$ is a given graph $H$ on the vertex set $S$. The result holds for any $d=o(n^{1/3})$ and is further extended to $\mathcal{G}_{{\bf…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-11-30 Pu Gao , Yi Su , Nicholas Wormald

We determine the sharp threshold for Hamilton cycles in randomly perturbed sparse graphs. For any $\alpha=\alpha(n)=o(1)$, let $G_{\alpha}$ be an $n$-vertex graph with minimum degree $\delta(G_{\alpha})\ge\alpha n$. We prove that if…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Guorui Ma , Zhifei Yan

We prove that if $G$ is a sparse graph --- it belongs to a fixed class of bounded expansion $\mathcal{C}$ --- and $d\in \mathbb{N}$ is fixed, then the $d$th power of $G$ can be partitioned into cliques so that contracting each of these…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2020-03-10 Jaroslav Nešetřil , Patrice Ossona de Mendez , Michał Pilipczuk , Xuding Zhu

The maximum likelihood threshold of a graph is the smallest number of data points that guarantees that maximum likelihood estimates exist almost surely in the Gaussian graphical model associated to the graph. We show that this graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-09-17 Elizabeth Gross , Seth Sullivant

This paper studies the propagation connectivity of a random hypergraph $\mathbb{G}$ containing both 2-edges and 3-hyperedges. We find an exact threshold of the propagation connectivity of $\mathbb{G}$: If $I_{\epsilon,r}<-1$, then…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-09-18 Guangyan Zhou , Bin Wang , Ke Xu

We introduce a natural generalization of the Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi random graph model in which random instances of a fixed motif are added independently. The binomial random motif graph $G(H,n,p)$ is the random (multi)graph obtained by adding…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-07-30 Michael Anastos , Peleg Michaeli , Samantha Petti

In this paper we consider the Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi random graph in the sparse regime in the limit as the number of vertices $n$ tends to infinity. We are interested in what this graph looks like when it contains many triangles, in two…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Suman Chakraborty , Remco van der Hofstad , Frank den Hollander

We consider random sub-graphs of a fixed graph $G=(V,E)$ with large minimum degree. We fix a positive integer $k$ and let $G_k$ be the random sub-graph where each $v\in V$ independently chooses $k$ random neighbors, making $kn$ edges in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-05-12 Alan Frieze , Tony Johansson

Two landmark results in combinatorial random matrix theory, due to Koml\'os and Costello-Tao-Vu, show that discrete random matrices and symmetric discrete random matrices are typically nonsingular. In particular, in the language of graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-03-10 Margalit Glasgow , Matthew Kwan , Ashwin Sah , Mehtaab Sawhney

In 2013, Bollob\'as, Mitsche, and Pralat at gave upper and lower bounds for the likely metric dimension of random Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi graphs $G(n,p)$ for a large range of expected degrees $d=pn$. However, their results only apply when $d \ge…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-05-01 Josep Díaz , Harrison Hartle , Cristopher Moore

Consider the uniform random graph $G(n,M)$ with $n$ vertices and $M$ edges. Erd\H{o}s and R\'enyi (1960) conjectured that the limit $$ \lim_{n \to \infty} \Pr\{G(n,\textstyle{n\over 2}) is planar}} $$ exists and is a constant strictly…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-05-01 Marc Noy , Vlady Ravelomanana , Juanjo Rué

To learn (statistical) dependencies among random variables requires exponentially large sample size in the number of observed random variables if any arbitrary joint probability distribution can occur. We consider the case that sparse data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Dominik Janzing , Daniel Herrmann

This paper studies the problem of recovering the hidden vertex correspondence between two edge-correlated random graphs. We focus on the Gaussian model where the two graphs are complete graphs with correlated Gaussian weights and the…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2022-02-17 Yihong Wu , Jiaming Xu , Sophie H. Yu

One of the main questions that arise when studying random and quasi-random structures is which properties P are such that any object that satisfies P "behaves" like a truly random one. In the context of graphs, Chung, Graham, and Wilson…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-03-03 Asaf Shapira , Raphael Yuster

For a graph $G$, its $k$-th graph power $G^k$ is constructed by placing an edge between two vertices if they are within distance $k$. We consider the problem of deriving upper bounds on the Shannon capacity of graph powers by using spectral…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Aida Abiad , Cristina Dalfó , Miquel Àngel Fiol

In this paper we consider the problem of embedding almost-spanning, bounded degree graphs in a random graph. In particular, let $\Delta\geq 5$, $\varepsilon > 0$ and let $H$ be a graph on $(1-\varepsilon)n$ vertices and with maximum degree…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-08-04 Asaf Ferber , Kyle Luh , Oanh Nguyen

Even though power-law or close-to-power-law degree distributions are ubiquitously observed in a great variety of large real networks, the mathematically satisfactory treatment of random power-law graphs satisfying basic statistical…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-11-09 Pim van der Hoorn , Gabor Lippner , Dmitri Krioukov