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Bootstrap percolation on a generalized Hamming cube \MakeUppercase{\romannumeral 2}

Combinatorics 2025-06-18 v3 Probability

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the critical probability pc(Qn,r)p_c(Q_n,r) for bootstrap percolation with the infection threshold rr on the nn-dimensional hypercube QnQ_n with vertex set V(Qn)={0,1}nV(Q_n)=\{0,1\}^n and edges connecting the pairs at Hamming distance 11. More precisely, by utilizing the techniques developed by Balogh, Bollob{\'a}s, and Morris (2009), we determine the first-order term of pc(Qn,na)p_c(Q_n,n^a) where 23<a<1\frac{2}{3}<a< 1. Additionally, we obtain the critical probability pc(Qk,n,r)p_c(Q_{k,n},r) for bootstrap percolation with the infection threshold r=N2r=\frac{N}{2} on the generalized nn-dimensional hypercube Qk,nQ_{k,n} with vertex set V(Qk,n)={0,1}nV(Q_{k,n})=\{0,1\}^n and edges connecting the pairs at Hamming distance 1,2,,k1,2,\dots,k, where k2k\ge 2 and N=i=1k(ni)N=\sum_{i=1}^k\binom{n}{i}. More precisely, we obtain the first-order term of pc(Qk,n,N2)p_c(Q_{k,n},\frac{N}{2}) and some bounds on the second-order term by extending the main theorem from Balogh, Bollob{\'a}s, and Morris (2009).

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@article{arxiv.2503.12607,
  title  = {Bootstrap percolation on a generalized Hamming cube \MakeUppercase{\romannumeral 2}},
  author = {Fengxing Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.12607},
  year   = {2025}
}
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