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Hauptverfasser: Ma, Guorui, Yan, Zhifei
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Veröffentlicht: 2026
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author Ma, Guorui
Yan, Zhifei
author_facet Ma, Guorui
Yan, Zhifei
contents We determine the sharp threshold for Hamilton cycles in randomly perturbed sparse graphs. For any $α=α(n)=o(1)$, let $G_α$ be an $n$-vertex graph with minimum degree $δ(G_α)\geαn$. We prove that if $$p\ge(1+\varepsilon)\frac{\log(1/α)}{n},$$ then the union $G_α\cup G(n,p)$ is Hamiltonian asymptotically almost surely. This significantly strengthens a recent result of Hahn-Klimroth, Maesaka, Mogge, Mohr, and Parczyk by improving the leading constant from 6 to the optimal value of 1. Crucially, we show that this bound on $p$ is best possible when $αn\rightarrow\infty$, thereby establishing the exact probability threshold for Hamiltonicity in this sparse regime. Our proof relies on a robust random expansion lemma, Pósa's booster lemma, and a sprinkling argument.
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spellingShingle Sharp threshold for Hamilton cycles in randomly perturbed sparse graphs
Ma, Guorui
Yan, Zhifei
Combinatorics
We determine the sharp threshold for Hamilton cycles in randomly perturbed sparse graphs. For any $α=α(n)=o(1)$, let $G_α$ be an $n$-vertex graph with minimum degree $δ(G_α)\geαn$. We prove that if $$p\ge(1+\varepsilon)\frac{\log(1/α)}{n},$$ then the union $G_α\cup G(n,p)$ is Hamiltonian asymptotically almost surely. This significantly strengthens a recent result of Hahn-Klimroth, Maesaka, Mogge, Mohr, and Parczyk by improving the leading constant from 6 to the optimal value of 1. Crucially, we show that this bound on $p$ is best possible when $αn\rightarrow\infty$, thereby establishing the exact probability threshold for Hamiltonicity in this sparse regime. Our proof relies on a robust random expansion lemma, Pósa's booster lemma, and a sprinkling argument.
title Sharp threshold for Hamilton cycles in randomly perturbed sparse graphs
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.29553