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On the probability that a random subtree is spanning

Combinatorics 2019-10-17 v1

Abstract

We consider the quantity P(G)P(G) associated with a graph GG that is defined as the probability that a randomly chosen subtree of GG is spanning. Motivated by conjectures due to Chin, Gordon, MacPhee and Vincent on the behaviour of this graph invariant depending on the edge density, we establish first that P(G)P(G) is bounded below by a positive constant provided that the minimum degree is bounded below by a linear function in the number of vertices. Thereafter, the focus is shifted to the classical Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi random graph model G(n,p)G(n,p). It is shown that P(G)P(G) converges in probability to e1/(ep)e^{-1/(ep_{\infty})} if pp>0p \to p_{\infty} > 0 and to 00 if p0p \to 0.

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@article{arxiv.1910.07349,
  title  = {On the probability that a random subtree is spanning},
  author = {Stephan Wagner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.07349},
  year   = {2019}
}
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