Families of trees decompose the random graph in an arbitrary way

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Abstract

Let F= {H1, . . . ,Hk} be a family of graphs. A graph G is called totally F-decomposable if for every linear combination of the form α1 e(H1) + ⋯ + αke(H k) = e(G) where each αi is a nonnegative integer, there is a colouring of the edges of G with α1 + ⋯ + αk colours such that exactly αi colour classes induce each a copy of Hi, for i = 1, . . . ,k. We prove that if F is any fixed nontrivial family of trees then log n/n is a sharp threshold function for the property that the random graph G(n,p) is totally F-decomposable. In particular, if H is a tree with more than one edge, then log n/n is a sharp threshold function for the property that G(n,p) contains ⌊e(G)/e(H) ⌋ edge-disjoint copies of H.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)893-910
Number of pages18
JournalCombinatorics Probability and Computing
Volume13
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2004

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics

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