On the cover time of planar graphs

dc.creatorJonasson, Johan
dc.creatorSchramm, Oded
dc.date2000-02-04
dc.date2000-05-18
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:44:14Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:44:14Z
dc.descriptionThe cover time of a finite connected graph is the expected number of steps needed for a simple random walk on the graph to visit all the vertices. It is known that the cover time on any n-vertex, connected graph is at least (1+o(1)) n log(n) and at most (1+o(1))(4/27)n^3. This paper proves that for bounded-degree planar graphs the cover time is at least c n(log n)^2, and at most 6n^2, where c is a positive constant depending only on the maximal degree of the graph. The lower bound is established via use of circle packings.
dc.descriptionTo appear in Electronic Communications in Probability
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0002034
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0002034
dc.identifierElectron.Commun.Probab.5:85-90,2000
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/201533
dc.subjectProbability
dc.subject60C05; 52C26; 60J10
dc.titleOn the cover time of planar graphs
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