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MPI-I-2003-1-006

On the probability of rendezvous in graphs

Dietzfelbinger, Martin and Tamaki, Hisao

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Abstract in LaTeX format:
In a simple graph $G$ without isolated nodes the
following random experiment is carried out:
each node chooses one
of its neighbors uniformly at random.
We say a rendezvous occurs
if there are adjacent nodes $u$ and $v$
such that $u$ chooses $v$
and $v$ chooses $u$;
the probability that this happens is denoted by $s(G)$.
whether it is true
that $s(G)\ge s(K_n)$
for all $n$-node graphs $G$,
where $K_n$ is the complete graph on $n$ nodes.
We show that this is the case.
Moreover, we show that evaluating $s(G)$
for a given graph $G$ is a \numberP-complete problem,
even if only $d$-regular graphs are considered,
for any $d\ge5$.
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BibTeX
@TECHREPORT{HisaoDietzfelbinger2003,
AUTHOR = {Dietzfelbinger, Martin and Tamaki, Hisao},
TITLE = {On the probability of rendezvous in graphs},
TYPE = {Research Report},
INSTITUTION = {Max-Planck-Institut f{\"u}r Informatik},
ADDRESS = {Stuhlsatzenhausweg 85, 66123 Saarbr{\"u}cken, Germany},
NUMBER = {MPI-I-2003-1-006},
MONTH = {March},
YEAR = {2003},
ISSN = {0946-011X},
}