The time of graph bootstrap percolation

From MaRDI portal




Abstract: Graph bootstrap percolation, introduced by Bollob'as in 1968, is a cellular automaton defined as follows. Given a "small" graph H and a "large" graph G=G0subseteqKn, in consecutive steps we obtain Gt+1 from Gt by adding to it all new edges e such that Gtcupe contains a new copy of H. We say that G percolates if for some tgeq0, we have Gt=Kn. For H=Kr, the question about the size of the smallest percolating graphs was independently answered by Alon, Frankl and Kalai in the 1980's. Recently, Balogh, Bollob'as and Morris considered graph bootstrap percolation for G=G(n,p) and studied the critical probability pc(n,Kr), for the event that the graph percolates with high probability. In this paper, using the same setup, we determine, up to a logarithmic factor, the critical probability for percolation by time t for all 1leqtleqCloglogn.











This page was built for publication: The time of graph bootstrap percolation

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q5360872)