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The classical zero-one law for first-order logic on random graphs says that for any first-order sentence $\phi$ in the theory of graphs, as n approaches infinity, the probability that the random graph G(n, p) satisfies $\phi$ approaches…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-04-17 Phokion G. Kolaitis , Swastik Kopparty

We study logical limit laws for preferential attachment random graphs. In this random graph model, vertices and edges are introduced recursively: at time $1$, we start with vertices $0,1$ and $m$ edges between them. At step $n+1$ the vertex…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-08-19 Yury Malyshkin

In 2001, J.-M. Le Bars disproved the zero-one law (that says that every sentence from a certain logic is either true asymptotically almost surely (a.a.s.), or false a.a.s.) for existential monadic second order sentences (EMSO) about…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-12-03 Svetlana Popova , Maksim Zhukovskii

We give a framework for dealing with 0-1 laws (for first order logic) such that expanding by further random structure tend to give us another case of the framework. From another perspective we deal with 0-1 laws when the number of solutions…

Logic · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Saharon Shelah

In the paper, we prove that existential monadic second order convergence law fails for the binomial random graph $G(n,n^{-\alpha})$ for every $\alpha\in(0,1)$.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-09-10 Alena Egorova , Maksim Zhukovskii

We consider first order expressible properties of random perfect graphs. That is, we pick a graph $G_n$ uniformly at random from all (labelled) perfect graphs on $n$ vertices and consider the probability that it satisfies some graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-10-02 Tobias Müller , Marc Noy

Spectrum of a first order sentence is the set of all $\alpha$ such that $G(n, n^{-\alpha})$ does not obey zero-one law w.r.t. this sentence. We have proved that the minimal number of quantifier alternations of a first order sentence with an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-09-27 Aleksandr Matushkin , Maksim Zhukovskii

We establish zero-one laws and convergence laws for monadic second-order logic (MSO) (and, a fortiori, first-order logic) on a number of interesting graph classes. In particular, we show that MSO obeys a zero-one law on the class of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Anuj Dawar , Eryk Kopczyński

We study zero-one laws for random graphs. We focus on the following question that was asked by many: Given a graph property P, is there a language of graphs able to express P while obeying the zero-one law? Our results show that on the one…

Logic · Mathematics 2015-10-23 Simi Haber , Saharon Shelah

In this paper we find an integer $h=h(n)$ such that the minimum number of variables of a first order sentence that distinguishes between two independent uniformly distributed random graphs of size $n$ with the asymptotically largest…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-15 Itai Benjamini , Maksim Zhukovskii

We extend the convergence law for sparse random graphs proven by Lynch to arbitrary relational languages. We consider a finite relational vocabulary $\sigma$ and a first order theory $T$ for $\sigma$ composed of symmetry and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-06-15 Lázaro Alberto Larrauri

In this paper, we study existential monadic second order (EMSO) properties of undirected graphs. In 2001, J.-M. Le Bars proved that there exists an EMSO sentence about undirected graphs such that the probability that it is true does not…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-09-10 Maksim Zhukovskii

Let $G_n$ be the binomial random graph $G(n,p=c/n)$ in the sparse regime, which as is well-known undergoes a phase transition at $c=1$. Lynch (Random Structures Algorithms, 1992) showed that for every first order sentence $\phi$, the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-08-24 Alberto Larrauri , Tobias Müller , Marc Noy

For integers $k \geq 3$ and $r\geq 2$, we show that for every $\alpha> 0$, there exists $\varepsilon > 0$ such that the union of $k$-uniform hypergraph on $n$ vertices with minimum codegree at least $\alpha n$ and a binomial random…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-11-07 Yulin Chang , Jie Han , Lubos Thoma

We prove that for every nowhere dense class of graphs $\mathcal{C}$, positive integer $d$, and $\varepsilon>0$, the following holds: in every $n$-vertex graph $G$ from $\mathcal{C}$ one can find two disjoint vertex subsets $A,B\subseteq…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-11-24 Marcin Briański , Piotr Micek , Michał Pilipczuk , Michał T. Seweryn

In this paper, we prove the first-order convergence law for the uniform attachment random graph with almost all vertices having the same degree. In the considered model, vertices and edges are introduced recursively: at time $m+1$ we start…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-10-28 Y. A. Malyshkin

For any set $\Omega$ of non-negative integers such that $\{0,1\}\subseteq \Omega$ and $\{0,1\}\ne \Omega$, we consider a random $\Omega$-$k$-tree ${\sf G}_{n,k}$ that is uniformly selected from all connected $k$-trees of $(n+k)$ vertices…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-05-18 Michael Drmota , Emma Yu Jin , Benedikt Stufler

For integers $k\ge 3$ and $1\le \ell\le k-1$, we prove that for any $\alpha>0$, there exist $\epsilon>0$ and $C>0$ such that for sufficiently large $n\in (k-\ell)\mathbb{N}$, the union of a $k$-uniform hypergraph with minimum vertex degree…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-11-19 Jie Han , Yi Zhao

The classical Erd\H{o}s-P\'{o}sa theorem states that for each positive integer k there is an f(k) such that, in each graph G which does not have k+1 disjoint cycles, there is a blocker of size at most f(k); that is, a set B of at most f(k)…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-10-11 Valentas Kurauskas , Colin McDiarmid

We investigate the emergence of spanning structures in sparse pseudo-random $k$-uniform hypergraphs, using the following comparatively weak notion of pseudo-randomness. A $k$-uniform hypergraph $H$ on $n$ vertices is called…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-11 Hiep Hàn , Jie Han , Patrick Morris