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In this paper we relate a fundamental parameter of a random graph, its degree sequence, to a simple model of nearly independent binomial random variables. This confirms a conjecture made in 1997. As a result, many interesting functions of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-08-27 Anita Liebenau , Nick Wormald

We derive mean-field information Hessian matrices on finite graphs. The "information" refers to entropy functions on the probability simplex. And the "mean-field" means nonlinear weight functions of probabilities supported on graphs. These…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-03-15 Wuchen Li , Linyuan Lu

We introduce the notion of Benjamini-Schramm convergence for quantum graphs. This notion of convergence, intended to play the role of the already existing notion for discrete graphs, means that the restriction of the quantum graph to a…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2020-08-14 Nalini Anantharaman , Maxime Ingremeau , Mostafa Sabri , Brian Winn

Statistical inference for exponential-family models of random graphs with dependent edges is challenging. We stress the importance of additional structure and show that additional structure facilitates statistical inference. A simple…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2020-03-13 Michael Schweinberger , Jonathan Stewart

Paper proposes a model of large networks based on a random preferential attachment graph with addition of complete subgraphs (cliques). The proposed model refers to models of random graphs following the nonlinear preferential attachment…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-04-05 E. B. Yudin

We consider classes of pseudo-random graphs on $n$ vertices for which the degree of every vertex and the co-degree between every pair of vertices are in the intervals $(np - Cn^\delta,np+Cn^\delta)$ and $(np^2- C n^\delta, np^2 +C…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-10-13 Anirban Basak , Shankar Bhamidi , Suman Chakraborty , Andrew Nobel

Quantifying the complexity of large graphs requires measures that extend beyond predefined structural features and scale efficiently with graph size. This work adopts a generative perspective, modeling large networks as exchangeable graphs…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-14 Anda Skeja , Sofia C. Olhede

In this paper, we hope to bring closer graph theory and consensus algorithms. Firstly, we give a brief introduction to graph theory by listing a concise definition. Then we analyze and visualize some commonly used graphs. Secondly, we…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2021-01-27 Shen Zheng

We study matchings on sparse random graphs by means of the cavity method. We first show how the method reproduces several known results about maximum and perfect matchings in regular and Erdos-Renyi random graphs. Our main new result is the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2011-11-09 Lenka Zdeborová , Marc Mézard

The container methods are powerful tools to bound the number of independent sets of graphs and hypergraphs, and they have been extremely influential in the area of extremal and probabilistic combinatorics. We will focus on more specialized…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-03 Jinyoung Park

Given a polynomial f and a finite field F one can construct a directed graph where the vertices are the values in the finite field, and emanating from each vertex is an edge joining the vertex to its image under f. When f is a Chebyshev…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-11-05 T. Alden Gassert

Graph-theoretic methods have seen wide use throughout the literature on multi-agent control and optimization. When communications are intermittent and unpredictable, such networks have been modeled using random communication graphs. When…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-12 Beth Bjorkman , Matthew Hale , Thomas Lamkin , Benjamin Robinson , Craig Thompson

Graphlets are induced subgraph patterns and have been frequently applied to characterize the local topology structures of graphs across various domains, e.g., online social networks (OSNs) and biological networks. Discovering and computing…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-10-19 Xiaowei Chen , Yongkun Li , Pinghui Wang , John C. S. Lui

We study the joint degree counts in proportional attachment random graphs and find a simple representation for the limit distribution in infinite sequence space. We show weak convergence with respect to the p-norm topology for appropriate p…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-12-09 Erol A. Peköz , Adrian Röllin , Nathan Ross

Graphs are used in many disciplines to model the relationships that exist between objects in a complex discrete system. Researchers may wish to compare a network of interest to a "typical" graph from a family (or ensemble) of graphs which…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-08 Catherine Greenhill

The entropy of a hierarchical network topology in an ensemble of sparse random networks with "hidden variables" associated to its nodes, is the log-likelihood that a given network topology is present in the chosen ensemble.We obtain a…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-13 Ginestra Bianconi , Anthony C. C. Coolen , Conrad J. Perez Vicente

Stochastic blockmodels are generative network models where the vertices are separated into discrete groups, and the probability of an edge existing between two vertices is determined solely by their group membership. In this paper, we…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-11-12 Tiago P. Peixoto

It is generally believed that, in the thermodynamic limit, the microcanonical description as a function of energy coincides with the canonical description as a function of temperature. However, various examples of systems for which the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-01-13 Tiziano Squartini , Joey de Mol , Frank den Hollander , Diego Garlaschelli

We determine the computational complexity of approximately counting and sampling independent sets of a given size in bounded-degree graphs. That is, we identify a critical density $\alpha_c(\Delta)$ and provide (i) for $\alpha <…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-01-26 Ewan Davies , Will Perkins

We find the asymptotic number of connected graphs with $k$ vertices and $k-1+l$ edges when $k,l$ approach infinity, reproving a result of Bender, Canfield and McKay. We use the {\em probabilistic method}, analyzing breadth-first search on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Remco van der Hofstad , Joel Spencer