Hamiltonicity-to-pancyclicity sprinkling principle Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
For a decreasing probability sequence , if contains a Hamilton cycle with high probability, then is pancyclic with high probability for every fixed sufficiently large ; three independent rounds suffice. One first exposes a Hamiltonian round and uses the independent sprinkled edges to create cycles of every shorter length.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 122 1 b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A connected graph on vertices containing at least two cycles has a spanning tree together with at least two further edges. By Cayley formula, the number of labelled spanning trees on a fixed -set is . Hence the first moment method and a union bound show that the probability of such a component of order is at mostwhere and is absolute. Requiring that the chosen set be a component would only add absent-edge conditions, so omitting them is a valid upper bound.
ThereforeThus every component in the stated range is either a tree or a unicyclic component with high probability.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 122 1 c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
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.
Subcritical component bound for a binomial random graph Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24