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Resolution of a conjecture on majority dynamics: rapid stabilisation in dense random graphs

Combinatorics 2020-10-21 v2 Probability

Abstract

We study majority dynamics on the binomial random graph G(n,p)G(n,p) with p=d/np = d/n and d>λn1/2d > \lambda n^{1/2}, for some large λ>0\lambda>0. In this process, each vertex has a state in {1,+1}\{-1,+1 \} and at each round every vertex adopts the state of the majority of its neighbours, retaining its state in the case of a tie. We show that with high probability the process reaches unanimity in at most four rounds. This confirms a conjecture of Benjamini, Chan, O' Donnel, Tamuz and Tan.

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@article{arxiv.1910.05820,
  title  = {Resolution of a conjecture on majority dynamics: rapid stabilisation in dense random graphs},
  author = {Nikolaos Fountoulakis and Mihyun Kang and Tamás Makai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.05820},
  year   = {2020}
}

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