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Kolmogorov Random Graphs and the Incompressibility Method

Harry Buhrman, Ming Li, John Tromp, Paul Vitanyi

math.COarXiv:math/0110203

Abstract

We investigate topological, combinatorial, statistical, and enumeration properties of finite graphs with high Kolmogorov complexity (almost all graphs) using the novel incompressibility method. Example results are: (i) the mean and variance of the number of (possibly overlapping) ordered labeled subgraphs of a labeled graph as a function of its randomness deficiency (how far it falls short of the maximum possible Kolmogorov complexity) and (ii) a new elementary proof for the number of unlabeled graphs.

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