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The component structure of dense random subgraphs of the hypercube

Combinatorics 2021-01-05 v3

Abstract

Given p(0,1)p \in (0,1), we let Qp=QpdQ_p= Q_p^d be the random subgraph of the dd-dimensional hypercube QdQ^d where edges are present independently with probability pp. It is well known that, as dd \rightarrow \infty, if p>12p>\frac12 then with high probability QpQ_p is connected; and if p<12p<\frac12 then with high probability QpQ_p consists of one giant component together with many smaller components which form the `fragment'. Here we fix p(0,12)p \in (0,\frac12), and investigate the fragment, and how it sits inside the hypercube. In particular we give asymptotic estimates for the mean numbers of components in the fragment of each size, and describe their asymptotic distributions and indeed their joint distribution, much extending earlier work of Weber.

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@article{arxiv.1806.06433,
  title  = {The component structure of dense random subgraphs of the hypercube},
  author = {Colin McDiarmid and Alex Scott and Paul Withers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.06433},
  year   = {2021}
}
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