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On the Thickness of Sparse Random Graphs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2008

Colin Cooper
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Studies, University of North London, 2-16 Eden Grove, London N7 8EA

Abstract

The thickness of sparse random graphs in the model Gn, p is closely related to the arboricity, provided p(n) is suitably small. This allows us to identify a range of p(n) for which the thickness is approximately np/2.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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