Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: In this paper, we study the configuration model (CM) with independent and identically-distributed (i.i.d.) degrees. We establish a phase transition for the diameter when the power-law exponent τ of the degrees satisfies τ ∈ (2, 3). Indeed, we show that for τ > 2 and when vertices with degree 1 or 2 are present with positive probability, the diameter of the random graph is, with high probability, bounded from below by a constant times the logarithm of the size of the graph. On the other hand, assuming that all degrees are 3 or more, we show that, for τ ∈ (2, 3), the diameter of the graph is, with high probability, bounded from above by a constant times the log log of the size of the graph.
Source: Internet Mathematics
Language: English
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2143628039