Abstract
Say that a graph G has property (Formula presented.) if the size of its maximum matching is equal to the order of a minimal vertex cover. We study the following process. Set (Formula presented.) and let e1, e2, … eN be a uniformly random ordering of the edges of Kn, with n an even integer. Let G0 be the empty graph on n vertices. For m ≥ 0, Gm + 1 is obtained from Gm by adding the edge em + 1 exactly if Gm ∪ {em + 1} has property (Formula presented.). We analyze the behavior of this process, focusing mainly on two questions: What can be said about the structure of GN and for which m will Gm contain a perfect matching?.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1272-1302 |
| Number of pages | 31 |
| Journal | Random Structures and Algorithms |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Dec 2020 |
Keywords
- matching
- perfect matching
- random graph
- random process
- vertex cover
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Software
- General Mathematics
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
- Applied Mathematics