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14 claims from 9 papers

1. Mathematics › Limits and Structures in Graph Theory

   Sharp thresholds of graph properties, and the $k$-sat problem

   Friedgut and Bourgain · Journal of the American Mathematical Society · 1999

   The paper links the sharpness of thresholds for monotone random graph properties to local structure, and uses this to settle whether random k-CNF satisfiability has a sharp threshold.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper uses its main theorem to settle whether random k-CNF formulas have a sharp threshold for satisfiability.“As an application of the main theorem we settle the question of the existence of a sharp threshold for the satisfiability of a random $k$-CNF formula.”
   2. UncheckedIf a monotone graph property's probability changes only slowly with edge probability, it can be approximated by containing one of a bounded list of small subgraphs.“We show that if $d\mu _p(P)/dp$ is small (corresponding to a non-sharp threshold), then there is a list of graphs of bounded size such that $P$ can be approximated by the property of having one of the graphs as a subgraph.”
   3. UncheckedA random graph property can have a coarse (non-sharp) threshold only if the critical edge probability is a rational power of n.“One striking consequence of this result is that a coarse threshold for a random graph property can only happen when the value of the critical edge probability is a rational power of $n$.”

2. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Typical random 3-SAT formulae and the satisfiability threshold

   Dubois, Boufkhad and Mandler · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2002

   The paper presents a new structural approach for estimating the satisfiability threshold of random 3-SAT formulae, and uses it to lower the previous upper bounds to 4.506.

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   1. UncheckedThe authors report that a new structural method lowers the known upper bound on the random 3-SAT satisfiability threshold to 4.506.“We show its efficiency in obtaining a jump from the previous upper bounds, lowering them to 4.506.”
   2. UncheckedThe authors say their method for bounding the random 3-SAT threshold combines with other techniques and also applies to problems such as 3-colourability of random graphs.“The method combines well with other techniques, and also applies to other problems, such as the 3-colourability of random graphs.”

3. Physics and Astronomy › Theoretical and Computational Physics

   Information-theoretic thresholds from the cavity method

   Coja‐Oghlan, Krząkała, Perkins and Zdeborová · Advances in Mathematics · 2018

   The paper rigorously establishes a physics-derived cavity method formula for mutual information in random-graph inference problems, and uses it to pin down several phase transitions.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper proves a 2007 conjecture on where the condensation phase transition occurs in random graph colouring, for any number q of colours from 3 upwards.“Further, we prove the conjecture from [Krzakala et al.: PNAS 2007] about the condensation phase transition in the random graph coloring problem for any number $q\geq3$ of colors.”

4. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   The freezing threshold for k-colourings of a random graph

   Molloy · ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC) · 2012

   The paper rigorously determines the exact freezing threshold for k-colourings of a random graph, confirming earlier predictions made with the non-rigorous cavity method.

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   1. UncheckedAbove a certain edge density, almost every k-colouring of a random graph has a linear number of frozen vertices whose colours cannot be changed by small alterations.“We prove that for random graphs with density above rkf, almost every colouring is such that a linear number of variables are frozen, meaning that their colours cannot be changed by a sequence of alterations whereby we change the colours of o(n) vertices at a time, always obtaining another proper co…”
   2. UncheckedBelow a certain edge density, almost every proper k-colouring of a random graph has only a negligible number of frozen vertices.“When the density is below rkf, then almost every colouring has at most o(n) frozen variables.”

5. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   The Freezing Threshold for k -Colourings of a Random Graph

   Molloy · Journal of the ACM · 2018

   The paper finds the exact freezing threshold for k-colourings of random graphs when k is at least 14, a value previously given only by the non-rigorous cavity method of statistical physics.

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   1. UncheckedAbove a certain edge density, in random graphs almost every proper k-colouring has a linear number of vertices whose colour cannot be changed by small-step recolouring.“We prove that for random graphs with density above r f k , almost every colouring is such that a linear number of vertices are frozen, meaning that their colour cannot be changed by a sequence of alterations whereby we change the colours of o ( n ) vertices at a time, always obtaining another prope…”
   2. UncheckedBelow the freezing threshold, for k ≥ 14 colours, almost every colouring of a random graph lets any vertex be recoloured by changing O(log n) vertices at a time.“When the density is below r f k , then almost every colouring is such that every vertex can be changed by a sequence of alterations where we change O (log n ) vertices at a time.”

6. Computer Science › Advanced Graph Theory Research

   An algorithmic framework for colouring locally sparse graphs

   Davies, Kang, Pirot and Sereni · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2020

   The authors build a framework that reduces graph colouring to checking a local probabilistic property of independent sets, giving a randomised algorithm for locally sparse graphs with a near-tight colour bound.

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   1. UncheckedA randomised polynomial-time algorithm colours graphs with few short cycles per vertex using about (1+ε)Δ/log(Δ/√t) colours, for fixed cycle length k≥3.“With this we give, for any fixed $k\ge 3$ and $\varepsilon>0$, a randomised polynomial-time algorithm for colouring graphs of maximum degree $Δ$ in which each vertex is contained in at most $t$ copies of a cycle of length $k$, where $1/2\le t\le Δ^\frac{2\varepsilon}{1+2\varepsilon}/(\logΔ)^2$, wit…”

7. Physics and Astronomy › Theoretical and Computational Physics

   Coloring Random Graphs

   Mulet, Pagnani, Weigt and Zecchina · Physical Review Letters · 2002

   The paper studies colouring random graphs with q colours, finding the critical connectivity where graphs become uncolourable and a clustering phase below it linked to local search difficulty.

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   1. UncheckedBelow the colourability threshold, random-graph colourings split into exponentially many clusters, and metastable states make local search algorithms struggle.“Moreover, we show that below $c_q$ there exist a clustering phase $c\in [c_d,c_q]$ in which ground states spontaneously divide into an exponential number of clusters and where the proliferation of metastable states is responsible for the onset of complexity in local search algorithms.”

8. Mathematics › Limits and Structures in Graph Theory

   The phase transition in random graphs - a simple proof

   Krivelevich and Sudakov · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2012

   The paper gives a very simple proof of the Erdős–Rényi phase transition in random graphs, and shows that above the threshold a path of linear length typically appears.

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   1. UncheckedWhen each possible edge appears with probability (1+ε)/n, the random graph G(n,p) typically contains a path whose length is linear in n.“We provide a very simple proof of this fundamental result; in fact, we prove that in the supercritical regime p=(1+ε)/n, the random graph G(n,p) contains typically a path of linear length.”

9. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Satisfiability threshold for random regular NAE-SAT

   Ding, Sly and Sun · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2013

   The paper pins down the exact satisfiability threshold for random regular k-NAE-SAT, for large enough k, and verifies the one-step replica symmetry breaking prediction for this model.

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   1. UncheckedWhen the satisfiability threshold falls exactly on a whole number, random regular NAE-SAT is satisfiable with probability bounded away from zero and one.“If the threshold $d_*$ lands exactly on an integer, we show that the problem is satisfiable with probability bounded away from both zero and one.”