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Connected components in random regular graphs

Suppose we take a random regular graph $G_{2n, r}$, where $n$ is large. Let us also assume that $r$ is fixed, (not dependent on $n$). Let's say that half of the vertices of the graph are colored black ...
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Random spanning trees probability problem

We are given a simple connected graph $G(V,E)$ with vertex and edge set $V$ and $E$ respectively. For any vertex $v\in V$, let $D_T(v)$ the degree of $v$ in a uniformly generated random spanning tree $...
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Random walk on non-abelian free group

Let $F_2$ be the free non-abelian group with generators $a, b\in F_2$. Has the "random walk" where we start with the identity and then multiply it by $a$ or $b$ or $a^{-1}$ or $b^{-1}$ ...
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Self-avoiding walks on strips

A strip is a locally finite graph which admits a quasi-transitive (i.e. finitley many orbits on vertices) action of $\mathbb Z$. A self avoiding walk is a walk which visits no vertex more than once. ...
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Fourth moment of a random-variable with block-tridiagonal structure

Let x be a random variable in $\mathbb{R}^d$, $J$ a block tridiagonal $d\times d$ matrix, and probability of $x$ is defined as follows $$p(x)\propto \exp(-x'Jx)$$ For a fixed $d\times d$ matrix $v$ ...
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Reference request - random regular graphs vs random graphs w/ degree sequence

There are some properties that are easily studied for random d-regular graphs, but that are very hard to extend to random graphs with a given degree sequence (e.g. whether a graph is w.h.p. ...
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How to use probability to find a matching in a family of graphs?

In a conference, I heard that we can use some probabilistic methods to find a matching in some kind of graphs. I would like to see some examples of such technics. Can someone provide some references ...
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What is known about the distribution of lengths of the cycle you get by adding an edge to a uniform spanning tree?

Let $G$ be a finite, connected graph. Let $T$ be a uniform spanning tree, and let $e$ be a uniformly random edge not in $T$. When we add $e$ to $T$, we get a subgraph with a unique cycle, $C$. I am ...
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Transfer-impedance matrix for edge correlations in random spanning tree

Suppose $G$ is a (weighted) connected graph and let $T$ denote a random spanning tree of $G$, chosen uniformly (or respecting the edge weights). It is known that for any distinct edges $e, f$ $$\...
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Distribution of path probabilities for a finite absorbing Markov chain

I am interested in the distribution of path probabilities for a finite absorbing (but otherwise well behaved) Markov chain. Has this topic been considered in the literature? A bit of Googling ...
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Another graph characteristic

This question concerns a method of drawing graphs and a graph characteristic about which I want to learn more. Consider a connected directed graph with at least one node with in-degree 0 and one node ...
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Good introduction to Benjamini- Schramm limits [closed]

So I was wondering if someone might be able to suggest a good intro paper/ article for getting a feel for Benjamini- Schramm limits as well as getting a sense of the kinds of results that people have ...
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Asymptotic results on statistical graph models

This post is partly inspired by this post. Reference request: results on the asymptotic distribution of singular values related to a random orthogonal matrix While it is well-known that two basic ...
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Influence of independent variables on boolean functions?

Suppose a simple connected graph $G$ where its vertices are assumed to be independent. An event with uncertainty corresponds to each vertex. My instructor guides me that even though the vertices (...
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First passage percolation for general graphs

There have been many questions about the behavior of first-passage percolation on specific graphs. In particular, it seems like cliques, grids, random graphs, and ladders are well-studied. But I can't ...
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What's the variance in the Six Degrees model?

Recall the six degrees of Kevin Bacon game. You can even play the game at The Oracle of Bacon, and their search works via Breadth First Search. I interpret the punchline as saying that if I start ...
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Random path in a graph

Consider a finite graph $G$. I would like to define a random path between two vertices $s$ and $t$ of the graph $G$ by looking at a measure $\mu$ on all spanning trees. Then the probability of a given ...
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Metrized categories

Motivation: Let $\Gamma = (V,E)$ be a directed graph. To each edge $e \in E$, choose a value $\kappa^e \in \mathbb R$, representing the cost of transporting one unit of "stuff" through the edge. Let $\...
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Estimate on currents in Cayley graphs

Take a Cayley graph $\Gamma$ (thought of as an electrical network with all edges having equal resistance) and break one edge $e$ and put a battery there. (Assume the graph has only one end* so that ...
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Simple random walk on a locally finite graph: when is it recurrent?

I'm giving a talk tomorrow about a result in computer science which I recently proved. It's a recurrence-transience result on a random process which is related in spirit to a simple random walk. My ...
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Has the technique of "sprinkling" been used in studying random matrices?

In 1982, while studying the component sizes of random subgraphs of a hypercube, Ajtai, Komlós, and Szemerédi introduced a technique that came to be known as sprinkling. In this technique, the edges of ...
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Random noncrossing chords of a circle

Suppose you generate random chords of a circle, with endpoints selected uniformly over the circumference, rejecting any chord that crosses a previously generated chord. The disk is then partitioned ...
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Decimating the infinite grid graph

Let $G$ be the graph whose nodes are the points of $\mathbb{Z}^d$ in the nonnegative orthant (i.e., all coordinates are $\ge 0$), with edges connecting each pair of points separated by unit distance. ...
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