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Mat. Zametki, 2016 Volume 99, Issue 4, Pages 511–525 (Mi mzm10805)

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Universal Zero-One $k$-Law

M. E. Zhukovskii, A. D. Matushkin

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Moscow region

Abstract: The limit probabilities of first-order properties of a random graph in the Erdős–Rényi model $G(n, n^{-\alpha})$, $\alpha\in (0, 1)$, are studied. For any positive integer $k \ge 4$ and any rational number $t/s \in (0, 1)$, an interval with right endpoint $t/s$ is found in which the zero-one $k$-law holds (the zero-one $k$-law describes the behavior of the probabilities of first-order properties expressed by formulas of quantifier depth at most $k$). Moreover, it is proved that, for rational numbers $t/s$ with numerator not exceeding 2, the logarithm of the length of this interval is of the same order of smallness (as $n \to\infty$) as that of the length of the maximal interval with right endpoint $t/s$ in which the zero-one $k$-law holds.

Keywords: zero-one $k$-law, Erdős–Rényi random graph, first-order property.

UDC: 519.175.4

Received: 02.06.2015

DOI: 10.4213/mzm10805


 English version:
Mathematical Notes, 2016, 99:4, 511–523

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