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A very sharp threshold for first order logic distinguishability of random graphs

Combinatorics 2025-07-15 v3 Logic in Computer Science Logic Probability

Abstract

In this paper we find an integer h=h(n)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 nn with the asymptotically largest possible probability 14o(1)\frac{1}{4}-o(1) belongs to {h,h+1,h+2,h+3}\{h,h+1,h+2,h+3\}. We also prove that the minimum (random) kk such that two independent random graphs are distinguishable by a first order sentence with kk variables belongs to {h,h+1,h+2}\{h,h+1,h+2\} with probability 1o(1)1-o(1).

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@article{arxiv.2207.11593,
  title  = {A very sharp threshold for first order logic distinguishability of random graphs},
  author = {Itai Benjamini and Maksim Zhukovskii},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.11593},
  year   = {2025}
}

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The version accepted for publication in Discrete Analysis

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