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Rational values of the weak saturation limit

Authors :
Ascoli, Ruben
He, Xiaoyu
Publication Year :
2025

Abstract

Given a graph $F$, a graph $G$ is weakly $F$-saturated if all non-edges of $G$ can be added in some order so that each new edge introduces a copy of $F$. The weak saturation number $\operatorname{wsat}(n, F)$ is the minimum number of edges in a weakly $F$-saturated graph on $n$ vertices. Bollob\'as initiated the study of weak saturation in 1968 to study percolation processes, which originated in biology and have applications in physics and computer science. It was shown by Alon that for each $F$, there is a constant $w_F$ such that $\operatorname{wsat}(n, F) = w_Fn + o(n)$. We characterize all possible rational values of $w_F$, proving in particular that $w_F$ can equal any rational number at least $\frac 32$.<br />Comment: 20 pages, 3 figures

Subjects

Subjects :
Mathematics - Combinatorics
05C35

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2501.15686
Document Type :
Working Paper