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Majority bootstrap percolation on the random graph G(n,p)

Probability 2015-03-25 v1

Abstract

Majority bootstrap percolation on the random graph Gn,pG_{n,p} is a process of spread of "activation" on a given realisation of the graph with a given number of initially active nodes. At each step those vertices which have more active neighbours than inactive neighbours become active as well. We study the size AA^* of the final active set. The parameters of the model are, besides nn (tending to \infty), the size A(0)=A0(n)A(0)=A_0(n) of the initially active set and the probability p=p(n)p=p(n) of the edges in the graph. We prove that the process cannot percolate for A(0)=o(n)A(0) = o(n). We study the process for A(0)=θnA(0) = \theta n and every range of pp and show that the model exhibits different behaviours for different ranges of pp. For very small p1np \ll \frac{1}{n}, the activation does not spread significantly. For large p1np \gg \frac{1}{n} then we see a phase transition at A(0)12nA(0) \simeq \frac{1}{2}n. In the case p=cnp= \frac{c}{n}, the activation propagates to a significantly larger part of the graph but (the process does not percolate) a positive part of the graph remains inactive.

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@article{arxiv.1503.07029,
  title  = {Majority bootstrap percolation on the random graph G(n,p)},
  author = {Sigurdur Örn Stefánsson and Thomas Vallier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.07029},
  year   = {2015}
}

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27 pages, 1 figure

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