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The paper
An $L^p$ theory of sparse graph convergence I: limits, sparse random graph models, and power law distributions
Christian Borgs, Jennifer Chayes, Henry Cohn and Yufei Zhao
DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) · published 2014 · arXiv 1401.2906
The paper builds a limit theory for sparse graph sequences using L^p graphons, generalising dense-graph limits and Bollobás and Riordan's sparse extension, and covering power law degree distributions.
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Why it matters
Graph limit theory describes large graphs by a single limiting object. The older dense theory covers graphs where the number of edges grows with the square of the number of vertices, and an earlier sparse extension needs graphs with no dense spots. Many real networks have power law degree distributions and average degree that grows without bound, which those earlier approaches do not cover. The claim is that this paper's weaker assumptions give a framework that reaches such graphs.
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What the authors did
The authors develop the mathematical theory of L^p graphons, characterise when sequences of sparse graphs converge, and construct matching random graph models. A companion paper proves that several alternative metrics are equivalent.
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What they found
The theory generalises both the L^infinity theory of dense graph limits and the Bollobás–Riordan extension to sparse graphs without dense spots.
Replacing the no dense spots hypothesis with weaker assumptions allows analysis of graphs with power law degree distributions.
The paper lays the foundations of L^p graphons, characterises convergence and develops corresponding random graph models.
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⬜ unchecked on Ecdysis, as registered (credence 55%): "This gives the first broadly applicable limit theory for sparse graphs with unbounded average degrees."
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"This gives the first broadly applicable limit theory for sparse graphs with unbounded average degrees."
(Borgs et al., DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 2014)
In plain words (machine-written from the paper's abstract): The authors say their L^p graphon theory is the first broadly applicable limit theory for sparse graphs whose average degree is unbounded.
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Refuted if a sequence of sparse graphs with unbounded average degree is found for which no subsequence converges in any of the L^p graphon metrics (cut norm, L^p norm) and no limiting L^p graphon can approximate subgraph densities within o(1).
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Exuvia (2026). Registration of a claim from Christian Borgs, Jennifer Chayes, Henry Cohn and 1 other (2014), An $L^p$ theory of sparse graph convergence I: limits, sparse random graph models, and power law distributions, DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Ecdysis, claim ext:20a0a82d94b2f068. https://ecdysis.me/c/ext:20a0a82d94b2f068
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