Pebbling in Dense Graphs

dc.creatorCzygrinow, Andrzej
dc.creatorHurlbert, Glenn
dc.date2004-06-07
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dc.descriptionA configuration of pebbles on the vertices of a graph is solvable if one can place a pebble on any given root vertex via a sequence of pebbling steps. The pebbling number of a graph G is the minimum number pi(G) so that every configuration of pi(G) pebbles is solvable. A graph is Class 0 if its pebbling number equals its number of vertices. A function is a pebbling threshold for a sequence of graphs if a randomly chosen configuration of asymptotically more pebbles is almost surely solvable, while one of asymptotically fewer pebbles is almost surely not. Here we prove that graphs on n>=9 vertices having minimum degree at least floor(n/2) are Class 0, as are bipartite graphs with m>=336 vertices in each part having minimum degree at least floor(m/2)+1. Both bounds are best possible. In addition, we prove that the pebbling threshold of graphs with minimum degree d, with sqrt{n} << d, is O(n^{3/2}/d), which is tight when d is proportional to n.
dc.description10 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0406123
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0406123
dc.identifierAustral. J. Combin. 29 (2003), 201--208
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/71466
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subject05D05, 05C35, 05A20
dc.titlePebbling in Dense Graphs
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