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On the length of a random minimum spanning tree

Combinatorics 2019-02-20 v2

Abstract

We study the expected value of the length LnL_n of the minimum spanning tree of the complete graph KnK_n when each edge ee is given an independent uniform [0,1][0,1] edge weight. We sharpen the result of Frieze \cite{F1} that limn\E(Ln)=\z(3)\lim_{n\to\infty}\E(L_n)=\z(3) and show that \E(Ln)=\z(3)+c1n+c2+o(1)n4/3\E(L_n)=\z(3)+\frac{c_1}{n}+\frac{c_2+o(1)}{n^{4/3}} where c1,c2c_1,c_2 are explicitly defined constants.

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@article{arxiv.1208.5170,
  title  = {On the length of a random minimum spanning tree},
  author = {Colin Cooper and Alan Frieze and Nate Ince and Svante Janson and Joel Spencer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.5170},
  year   = {2019}
}

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Added next term and two co-authors

R2 v1 2026-06-21T21:55:18.345Z