 Triangle count in a binomial random graph (source code)

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= Triangle count in a binomial random graph

If $X$ counts triangles in $G(n,p)$, then
$$
\mathbb EX=\binom n3p^3
$$
and
$$
\operatorname{var}X
\leq\binom n3p^3
+2\binom n2\binom{n-2}2p^5.
$$
Thus $np\to\infty$ implies $\operatorname{var}X/(\mathbb EX)^2\to0$, and the <second moment method> gives $\mathbb P(X>0)\to1$.

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