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The sharp threshold for jigsaw percolation in random graphs

Combinatorics 2026-01-14 v2

Abstract

We analyse the jigsaw percolation process, which may be seen as a measure of whether two graphs on the same vertex set are `jointly connected'. Bollob\'as, Riordan, Slivken and Smith proved that when the two graphs are independent binomial random graphs, whether the jigsaw process percolates undergoes a phase transition when the product of the two probabilities is Θ(1nlnn)\Theta\left( \frac{1}{n\ln n} \right). We show that this threshold is sharp, and that it lies at 14nlnn\frac{1}{4n\ln n}.

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@article{arxiv.1809.01907,
  title  = {The sharp threshold for jigsaw percolation in random graphs},
  author = {Oliver Cooley and Tobias Kapetanopoulos and Tamás Makai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.01907},
  year   = {2026}
}

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22 pages

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