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Small subgraphs in the trace of a random walk

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Abstract

We consider the combinatorial properties of the trace of a random walk on the complete graph and on the random graph G(n, p). In particular, we study the appearance of a fixed subgraph in the trace. We prove that for a subgraph containing a cycle, the threshold for its appearance in the trace of a random walk of length m is essentially equal to the threshold for its appearance in the random graph drawn from G(n, m). In the case where the base graph is the complete graph, we show that a fixed forest appears in the trace typically much earlier than it appears in G(n, m).

Original languageEnglish GB
Article number#P1.28
JournalElectronic Journal of Combinatorics
Volume24
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Feb 2017

Keywords

  • Random graph
  • Random walk
  • Small subgraph

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Geometry and Topology
  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics

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