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On the Swap-Distances of Different Realizations of a Graphical Degree Sequence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2013

PÉTER L. ERDŐS ,
ZOLTÁN KIRÁLY  and
ISTVÁN MIKLÓS
PÉTER L. ERDŐS
Affiliation:
Alfréd Rényi Institute, Reáltanoda u 13-15 Budapest, 1053Hungary (e-mail: erdos.peter@renyi.mta.hu, miklos.istvan@renyi.mta.hu)
ZOLTÁN KIRÁLY
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science and EGRES (MTA-ELTE), Eötvös University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Budapest, 1117Hungary (e-mail: kiraly@cs.elte.hu)
ISTVÁN MIKLÓS
Affiliation:
Alfréd Rényi Institute, Reáltanoda u 13-15 Budapest, 1053Hungary (e-mail: erdos.peter@renyi.mta.hu, miklos.istvan@renyi.mta.hu)
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Abstract

One of the first graph-theoretical problems to be given serious attention (in the 1950s) was the decision whether a given integer sequence is equal to the degree sequence of a simple graph (or graphical, for short). One method to solve this problem is the greedy algorithm of Havel and Hakimi, which is based on the swap operation. Another, closely related question is to find a sequence of swap operations to transform one graphical realization into another of the same degree sequence. This latter problem has received particular attention in the context of rapidly mixing Markov chain approaches to uniform sampling of all possible realizations of a given degree sequence. (This becomes a matter of interest in the context of the study of large social networks, for example.) Previously there were only crude upper bounds on the shortest possible length of such swap sequences between two realizations. In this paper we develop formulae (Gallai-type identities) for the swap-distances of any two realizations of simple undirected or directed degree sequences. These identities considerably improve the known upper bounds on the swap-distances.

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Combinatorics, Probability and Computing , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , May 2013 , pp. 366 - 383
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