The order of the largest complete minor in a random graph

dc.creatorFountoulakis, N.
dc.creatorKühn, D.
dc.creatorOsthus, D.
dc.date2007-05-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:59:09Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:59:09Z
dc.descriptionLet ccl(G) denote the order of the largest complete minor in a graph G (also called the contraction clique number) and let G(n,p) denote a random graph on n vertices with edge probability p. Bollobas, Catlin and Erdos asymptotically determined ccl(G (n,p)) when p is a constant. Luczak, Pittel and Wierman gave bounds on ccl(G(n,p)) when p is very close to 1/n, i.e. inside the phase transition. Extending the results of Bollobas, Catlin and Erdos, we determine ccl(G(n,p)) quite tightly, for p>C/n where C is a large constant. If p=C/n, for an arbitrary constant C>1, then we show that asymptotically almost surely ccl(G (n,p)) is of order square-root of n. This answers a question of Krivelevich and Sudakov.
dc.description14 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0705.0325
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0705.0325
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/128262
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subjectProbability
dc.subject05C80, 05C83 (Primary) 60C05 (Secondary)
dc.titleThe order of the largest complete minor in a random graph
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