Polynomial degree-distribution conjecture for random triangulations

Let nn denote the size of a triangulation, and let the average number of its nodes of degree dd be divided by nn, where dd is an integer larger than 22. Polynomial degree-distribution conjecture. There is a probability measure pp on the integers larger than 22 such that the average number of nodes of degree dd divided by nn converges, as nn tends to infinity, to p(d)p(d). Moreover, pp has polynomial decay in the sense that

d4p(d)d^{-4}p(d)

converges to a nonzero finite limit as dd tends to infinity. This conjecture formalizes the numerical observation that the model has a limiting power-law degree distribution, with the degree distribution behaving like d4d^{-4}. The paper reports numerical evidence but no theoretical explanation or proof.

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Pierre Collet and Jean-Pierre Eckmann, “Dynamics of Triangulations”, arXiv:math-ph/0412085 (2004).

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