A Bound for the Diameter of Random Hyperbolic Graphs

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Abstract: Random hyperbolic graphs were recently introduced by Krioukov et. al. [KPKVB10] as a model for large networks. Gugelmann, Panagiotou, and Peter [GPP12] then initiated the rigorous study of random hyperbolic graphs using the following model: for alpha>frac12, CinmathbbR, ninmathbbN, set R=2lnn+C and build the graph G=(V,E) with |V|=n as follows: For each vinV, generate i.i.d. polar coordinates (rv,hetav) using the joint density function f(r,heta), with hetav chosen uniformly from [0,2pi) and rv with density f(r)=fracalphasinh(alphar)cosh(alphaR)−1 for 0leqr<R. Then, join two vertices by an edge, if their hyperbolic distance is at most R. We prove that in the range frac12<alpha<1 a.a.s. for any two vertices of the same component, their graph distance is O(logC0+1+o(1)n), where C0=2/(frac12−frac34alpha+fracalpha24), thus answering a question raised in [GPP12] concerning the diameter of such random graphs. As a corollary from our proof we obtain that the second largest component has size O(log2C0+1+o(1)n), thus answering a question of Bode, Fountoulakis and M"{u}ller [BFM13]. We also show that a.a.s. there exist isolated components forming a path of length Omega(logn), thus yielding a lower bound on the size of the second largest component.












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