Asymptotic size of the Karp-Sipser Core in Configuration Model

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Main Authors: Chatterjee, Arnab, Lee, Joon Hyung, Zhu, Haodong
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author Chatterjee, Arnab
Lee, Joon Hyung
Zhu, Haodong
author_facet Chatterjee, Arnab
Lee, Joon Hyung
Zhu, Haodong
contents We study the asymptotic size of the Karp-Sipser core in the configuration model with arbitrary degree distributions. The Karp-Sipser core is the induced subgraph obtained by iteratively removing all leaves and their neighbors through the leaf-removal process, and finally discarding any isolated vertices \cite{BCC}. Our main result establishes the convergence of the Karp-Sipser core size to an explicit fixed-point equation under general degree assumptions.The approach is based on analyzing the corresponding local weak limit of the configuration model - a unimodular Galton-Watson tree and tracing the evolution process of all vertex states under leaf-removal dynamics by use of the working mechanism of an enhanced version of Warning Propagation along with Node Labeling Propagation.
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spellingShingle Asymptotic size of the Karp-Sipser Core in Configuration Model
Chatterjee, Arnab
Lee, Joon Hyung
Zhu, Haodong
Combinatorics
Discrete Mathematics
Probability
05C80, 60C05, 68W20
We study the asymptotic size of the Karp-Sipser core in the configuration model with arbitrary degree distributions. The Karp-Sipser core is the induced subgraph obtained by iteratively removing all leaves and their neighbors through the leaf-removal process, and finally discarding any isolated vertices \cite{BCC}. Our main result establishes the convergence of the Karp-Sipser core size to an explicit fixed-point equation under general degree assumptions.The approach is based on analyzing the corresponding local weak limit of the configuration model - a unimodular Galton-Watson tree and tracing the evolution process of all vertex states under leaf-removal dynamics by use of the working mechanism of an enhanced version of Warning Propagation along with Node Labeling Propagation.
title Asymptotic size of the Karp-Sipser Core in Configuration Model
topic Combinatorics
Discrete Mathematics
Probability
05C80, 60C05, 68W20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.19453