Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 ii Paper 4 17F Solution Created 2026-09-23 Updated 2026-09-25
In the Erdős-Rényi model , the vertex set is and every one of the possible edges is present independently with probability .
Chebyshev inequality states thatNow suppose . Monotonicity lets us use the largest allowed . Withthe supplied lower exponential estimate showsFor distinct vertices ,HenceandChebyshev with gives , so .
For connectivity, the lower-threshold result is immediate because a connected graph has no isolated vertex:For the upper threshold, if a graph is disconnected it has a component with vertex set of some size . In particular, every one of the edges from to its complement is absent. ThereforeChooseFor , the standard bound givesThe sum of these terms tends to zero. For , use and :Thus above the threshold. Together,This is the connectivity threshold in the Erdős-Rényi model.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ii Paper 1 17H a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Fix and sample from the Erdős-Rényi model with . Let count copies of the complete bipartite graph . By the expected subgraph count in the Erdős-Rényi model,
Put and let count independent set of size . If the chromatic number satisfies , some colour class has at least vertices, so . Moreover,because the positive part of the exponent is whereas has order . The first moment method therefore gives .
Using Markov inequality for and the union bound,for all sufficiently large . Hence at least one such contains no and has .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ia Paper 2 12F i Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
The degree of counts the incident edges, each present independently with probability . Thus in the Erdős-Rényi model,
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 122 1 c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
The sharp Hamilton cycle threshold for the Erdős-Rényi model says thatonly above the window . The hypothesis therefore places above that window. The Hamiltonicity-to-pancyclicity sprinkling principle then says that three independent rounds contain every cycle graph , , with high probability: one round supplies a Hamilton cycle, while the other two supply the chords and short-cycle edges used to obtain all intermediate lengths.
The union of the three rounds has individual edge probabilityBy the standard monotone coupling, it is a subgraph of . Since being pancyclic is an increasing graph property, the required probability tends to one. If , interpret the latter parameter as , in which case the conclusion is immediate.