Sharp thresholds for Hamiltonicity in random intersection graphs

  • Authors:
  • Charilaos Efthymiou;Paul G. Spirakis

  • Affiliations:
  • Mathematics Institute & Computer Science Department, University of Warwick, United Kingdom;Computer Engineering and Informatics Department, University of Patras, Greece and Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, Greece

  • Venue:
  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Random Intersection Graphs, G"n","m","p, is a class of random graphs introduced in Karonski (1999) [7] where each of the n vertices chooses independently a random subset of a universal set of m elements. Each element of the universal sets is chosen independently by some vertex with probability p. Two vertices are joined by an edge iff their chosen element sets intersect. Given n, m so that m=@?n^@a@?, for any real @a different than one, we establish here, for the first time, a sharp threshold for the graph property ''Contains a Hamilton cycle''. Our proof involves new, nontrivial, coupling techniques that allow us to circumvent the edge dependencies in the random intersection graph model.