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The minimum perfect matching in pseudo-dimension 0 < q < 1

Part of: Combinatorial probability Graph theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2020

Joel Larsson
Joel Larsson*
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, Lund University, Lund, Scania, Sweden
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Email: joel.larsson@stat.lu.se
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Abstract

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It is known that for Kn,n equipped with i.i.d. exp (1) edge costs, the minimum total cost of a perfect matching converges to $\zeta(2)=\pi^2/6$ in probability. Similar convergence has been established for all edge cost distributions of pseudo-dimension $q \geq 1$. In this paper we extend those results to all real positive q, confirming the Mézard–Parisi conjecture in the last remaining applicable case.

MSC classification

Primary: 05C80: Random graphs
Secondary: 60C05: Combinatorial probability

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Combinatorics, Probability and Computing , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , May 2021 , pp. 374 - 397
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