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Random Regular Graphs of Non-Constant Degree: Connectivity and Hamiltonicity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2002

COLIN COOPER
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical and Computing Sciences, Goldsmiths College, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW, UK (e-mail: [email protected])
ALAN FRIEZE
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA15213, USA (e-mail: [email protected])
BRUCE REED
Affiliation:
Equipe Combinatoire, CNRS, Université e de Paris VI, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris 75005, France (e-mail: [email protected])

Abstract

Let Gr denote a graph chosen uniformly at random from the set of r-regular graphs with vertex set {1,2, …, n}, where 3 [les ] r [les ] c0n for some small constant c0. We prove that, with probability tending to 1 as n → ∞, Gr is r-connected and Hamiltonian.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2002 Cambridge University Press

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