Sharp-threshold conjecture for reconstructibility of random jigsaws

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Let J(n,q)J(n,q) be the random (n,q)(n,q)-jigsaw, and let reconstructibility mean that the jigsaw is uniquely determined by its deck. The critical number of colours is conjectured to be asymptotic to n/en/\sqrt{e}. Sharp-threshold conjecture. For every \eps>0\eps>0, as nn\to\infty,

P(J(n,q) is reconstructible)1\mathbb{P}\bigl(J(n,q)\text{ is reconstructible}\bigr)\to 1

for all q(1/e+\eps)nq\geq (1/\sqrt{e}+\eps)n. The complementary 00-statement, namely that reconstructibility has probability tending to 00 below the critical threshold, is established in the paper for qn/eq\leq n/\sqrt e. The conjecture predicts the sharp transition location, while the upper statement remains open in the interval between n/en/\sqrt e and the proved linear upper bound.

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Paul Balister, Béla Bollobás and Bhargav Narayanan, “Reconstructing random jigsaws”, arXiv:1707.04730 (2017).

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