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Perfect matchings and loose Hamilton cycles in the semirandom hypergraph model

Authors :
Molloy, Michael
Pralat, Pawel
Sorkin, Gregory B.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

We study the 2-offer semirandom 3-uniform hypergraph model on $n$ vertices. At each step, we are presented with 2 uniformly random vertices. We choose any other vertex, thus creating a hyperedge of size 3. We show a strategy that constructs a perfect matching, and another that constructs a loose Hamilton cycle, both succeeding asymptotically almost surely within $\Theta(n)$ steps. Both results extend to $s$-uniform hypergraphs. The challenges with hypergraphs, and our methods, are qualitatively different from what has been seen for semirandom graphs. Much of our analysis is done on an auxiliary graph that is a uniform $k$-out subgraph of a random bipartite graph, and this tool may be useful in other contexts.<br />Comment: This version makes the title more explicit, revises the introduction and background, corrects some minor errors, and adds a few clarifications

Subjects

Subjects :
Mathematics - Combinatorics

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2401.00559
Document Type :
Working Paper