Large complete minors in random subgraphs

Joshua Erde*, Mihyun Kang, Michael Krivelevich

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Abstract

Let G be a graph of minimum degree at least k and let Gp be the random subgraph of G obtained by keeping each edge independently with probability p. We are interested in the size of the largest complete minor that Gp contains when p = (1 + ε)/k with ε > 0. We show that with high probability Gp contains a complete minor of order Ω~ (k), where the ∼ hides a polylogarithmic factor. Furthermore, in the case where the order of G is also bounded above by a constant multiple of k, we show that this polylogarithmic term can be removed, giving a tight bound.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)619-630
Number of pages12
JournalCombinatorics Probability and Computing
Volume30
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2021

Funding

FundersFunder number
Austrian Science FundI3747
USA–Israel BSF2018267
Israel Science Foundation1261/17

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