Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 February 2014
For d ≥ 2, let Hd(n,p) denote a random d-uniform hypergraph with n vertices in which each of the $\binom{n}{d}$ possible edges is present with probability p=p(n) independently, and let Hd(n,m) denote a uniformly distributed d-uniform hypergraph with n vertices and m edges. Let either H=Hd(n,m) or H=Hd(n,p), where m/n and $\binom{n-1}{d-1}p$ need to be bounded away from (d−1)−1 and 0 respectively. We determine the asymptotic probability that H is connected. This yields the asymptotic number of connected d-uniform hypergraphs with given numbers of vertices and edges. We also derive a local limit theorem for the number of edges in Hd(n,p), conditioned on Hd(n,p) being connected.
An extended abstract version of this work appeared in the proceedings of RANDOM 2007, Vol. 4627 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, pp. 341–352.
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