Černý–Kynčl–Tóth dense stability conjecture

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Let G\mathscr G be a family of graphs. It is stable if there exist positive constants δ=δ(G)\delta=\delta(\mathscr G), γ=γ(G)\gamma=\gamma(\mathscr G), and n(G)n(\mathscr G) such that, for every graph G∈GG\in\mathscr G with at least n(G)n(\mathscr G) vertices and mm edges, a positive fraction of all subgraphs of GG with (1−δ)m(1-\delta)m edges has crossing number at least γcr⁡(G)\gamma\operatorname{cr}(G). Equivalently, if G′G' is obtained from GG by deleting each edge independently with probability δ\delta, then with high probability cr⁡(G′)≥γcr⁡(G)\operatorname{cr}(G')\geq\gamma\operatorname{cr}(G).

Černý–Kynčl–Tóth dense stability conjecture. There exists an ϵ‾∈(1/3,1)\overline{\epsilon}\in(1/3,1) such that, for each ϵ∈(ϵ‾,1]\epsilon\in(\overline{\epsilon},1], the family of graphs with Θ(n1+ϵ)\Theta(n^{1+\epsilon}) edges is stable.

The original all-ϵ\epsilon stability conjecture was disproved for ϵ≤1/3\epsilon\leq 1/3. This restricted conjecture remains open for denser graph families, and concerns the robustness of crossing numbers under random edge deletion.

References

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Jozsef Balogh, Jesus Leanos and Gelasio Salazar, “On the decay of crossing numbers of sparse graphs”, arXiv:1203.0510 (2012).

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