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Random subtrees of complete graphs

Authors :
Chin, Alex J.
Gordon, Gary
MacPhee, Kellie J.
Vincent, Charles
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

We study the asymptotic behavior of four statistics associated with subtrees of complete graphs: the uniform probability $p_n$ that a random subtree is a spanning tree of $K_n$, the weighted probability $q_n$ (where the probability a subtree is chosen is proportional to the number of edges in the subtree) that a random subtree spans and the two expectations associated with these two probabilities. We find $p_n$ and $q_n$ both approach $e^{-e^{-1}}\approx .692$, while both expectations approach the size of a spanning tree, i.e., a random subtree of $K_n$ has approximately $n-1$ edges.

Subjects

Subjects :
Mathematics - Combinatorics
05C80

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1308.4613
Document Type :
Working Paper