The condensation transition in random hypergraph 2-coloring

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Abstract

For many random constraint satisfaction problems such as random satisfiability or random graph or hypergraph coloring, the best current estimates of the threshold for the existence of solutions are based on the first and the second moment method. However, in most cases these techniques do not yield matching upper and lower bounds. Sophisticated but non-rigorous arguments from statistical mechanics have ascribed this discrepancy to the existence of a phase transition called condensation that occurs shortly before the actual threshold for the existence of solutions and that affects the combinatorial nature of the problem (Krzakala, Montanari, Ricci-Tersenghi, Semerjian, Zdeborová: PNAS 2007). In this paper we prove for the first time that a condensation transition exists in a natural random CSP, namely in random hypergraph 2-coloring. Perhaps surprisingly, we find that the second moment method applied to the number of 2-colorings breaks down strictly before the condensation transition. Our proof also yields slightly improved bounds on the threshold for random hypergraph 2-colorability. Copyright © SIAM.

Item Type: Conference Item (Paper)
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Mathematics
Journal or Publication Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms
Publisher: SIAM
ISSN: 1557-9468
Official Date: 17 January 2012
Dates:
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Event
17 January 2012
Published
Page Range: pp. 241-250
Status: Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons open licence)
Conference Paper Type: Paper
Title of Event: ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms 2012
Type of Event: Conference
Location of Event: Kyoto, Japan
Date(s) of Event: 17-19 Jan 2012
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URI: https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/48793/

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