On topological minors in random simplicial complexes

Gundert A, Wagner U. 2016. On topological minors in random simplicial complexes. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 144(4), 1815–1828.

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For random graphs, the containment problem considers the probability that a binomial random graph G(n, p) contains a given graph as a substructure. When asking for the graph as a topological minor, i.e., for a copy of a subdivision of the given graph, it is well known that the (sharp) threshold is at p = 1/n. We consider a natural analogue of this question for higher-dimensional random complexes Xk(n, p), first studied by Cohen, Costa, Farber and Kappeler for k = 2. Improving previous results, we show that p = Θ(1/ √n) is the (coarse) threshold for containing a subdivision of any fixed complete 2-complex. For higher dimensions k > 2, we get that p = O(n−1/k) is an upper bound for the threshold probability of containing a subdivision of a fixed k-dimensional complex.
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2016-04-01
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Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
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American Mathematical Society
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This research was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF Projects 200021-125309 and 200020-138230
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144
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4
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1815 - 1828
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Gundert A, Wagner U. On topological minors in random simplicial complexes. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 2016;144(4):1815-1828. doi:10.1090/proc/12824
Gundert, A., & Wagner, U. (2016). On topological minors in random simplicial complexes. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. American Mathematical Society. https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/12824
Gundert, Anna, and Uli Wagner. “On Topological Minors in Random Simplicial Complexes.” Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. American Mathematical Society, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/12824.
A. Gundert and U. Wagner, “On topological minors in random simplicial complexes,” Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, vol. 144, no. 4. American Mathematical Society, pp. 1815–1828, 2016.
Gundert A, Wagner U. 2016. On topological minors in random simplicial complexes. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 144(4), 1815–1828.
Gundert, Anna, and Uli Wagner. “On Topological Minors in Random Simplicial Complexes.” Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, vol. 144, no. 4, American Mathematical Society, 2016, pp. 1815–28, doi:10.1090/proc/12824.
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