%! TEX root = PC.tex % vim: tw=80 ft=tex % 01/12/2025 09AM \begin{proof}[Proof of $G(n, p) \supset C_n$ when $p > \frac{20 \log n}{n}$] Let $G_1 \sim G(n, p_1)$ where $p_1 = \frac{12\log n}{n}$, $G_2 \sim G(n, p_2)$ where $p_2 = \frac{\log \log n}{n}$. Let $G = G_1 \cup G_2$: then $G \sim G(n, p)$ where $p = (12 + o(1)) \frac{\log n}{n}$. Define $E$ to be the event that $G_1$ is an \gls{exp}. Define $P$ to be the event that $G_1 \supset P_n$. Then \begin{align*} \Pbb(G \not\supset C_n) &\le \Pbb(G \not\supset C_n \cap E \cap P) + \ub{\Pbb(E^c) + \Pbb(P^c)}_{o(1)} \\ &\le \max_{G_1 \in E \cap P} \Pbb_{G_2}(G \not\supset C_n) + o(1) \end{align*} Let $P$ be a Hamiltonian path in $G_1$. \begin{center} \includegraphics[width=0.6\linewidth]{images/7cdf8b5176534e89.png} \end{center} Since $G_1$ is an \gls{exp}, we have $|X(P)| > \frac{n}{6}$. So there are $\ge \frac{n}{6}$ edges that, if included, will complete a Hamiltonian cycle by Pósa rotation lemma. So \[ \Pbb(G \not\supset C_n) \le (1 - p)^{\frac{n}{6}} + o(1) \to 0 . \qedhere \] \end{proof} \newpage \section{The method of Hypergraph Containers} \begin{fcdefn}[] \glssymboldefn{turan}% For graphs $G$, $H$, \[ \turaninternal(G, H) = \max \{e(K) : K \subset G \text{ and } K \not\supset H\} .\] \end{fcdefn} \begin{example*} $\exnum(n, H) = \turan(K_n, H)$. \end{example*} We are interested in $\turan(G, K_3)$ when $G \sim G(n, p)$. \begin{fcthm}[Frankl, Rödl] \label{thm:FR} For $p \gg \frac{1}{\sqrt{n}}$ and $G \sim G(n, p)$, \[ \turan(G, K_3) = (1 + o(1)) \frac{pn^2}{4} \] with high probability. \end{fcthm} \begin{remark*} \leavevmode \begin{itemize} \item Easy to see ``$\ge$'': consider a bipartition \begin{center} \includegraphics[width=0.6\linewidth]{images/472e00a343ef4ecb.png} \end{center} \item If $p \le \frac{\eps}{\sqrt{n}}$, then recall from earlier in the course our work on $R(3, k)$: in this regime for $p$, we have few triangles compared to number of edges, so we can get a triangle-free subgraph by just deleting an edge from every triangle. \end{itemize} \end{remark*} Let $m = (1 + \delta) \frac{pn^2}{4}$. Let \[ X_m = |\{H \subset G : H \not\supset K_3 \text{ and } e(H) = m\}| .\] If $\Ebb X_m \to 0$, then by Markov done. But: \begin{align*} \Ebb X_m &= |\{H \subset K_n : H \not\supset K_3, e(H) = m\}| \cdot p^m \\ &\ge {\frac{n^2}{4} \choose m} \cdot p^m \\ &\ge \left( \frac{pn^2}{m} \right)^m \\ &\ge \left( \frac{4}{(1 + \delta)} \right)^{n^{3 / 2}} \\ &\to \infty \end{align*} So first moment method fails horribly here. \begin{remark*} This quantity is useluss because these triangle free graphs are very correlated. \end{remark*} \textbf{Idea:} What if every $K_3$-free graph was bipartite? (This is a massive lie, but we discuss it anyway to motivate the proof of \nameref{thm:FR}). \begin{align*} \Pbb(\exists H, H \subset G, e(H) = m, H \not\supset K_3) \\ &\stackrel{!}{\le} \sum_{\text{$(A, A^c)$ bipartite on $V(G)$}} \Pbb(|G \cap (A \times A^c)| \ge m) \\ &\le 2^n \exp \left( - \frac{(\delta pn^2)}{3 \frac{pn^2}{4}} \right)^2 \\ &\to 0 \end{align*} (the $!$ is to emphasise that here we use the false statement that ``every triangle-free graph is bipartite''). On the penultimate step, we used that \[ \Ebb|G \cap (A \times A^c)| \le \frac{n^2}{4} \cdot p \\ \le 2^n \exp(-\delta^2 pn^2) .\] But $m \ge (1 + \delta) \frac{pn^2}{4}$. Note that there exist triangle-free graphs that are far from being bipartite: \begin{center} \includegraphics[width=0.6\linewidth]{images/ad9aefb98dc644c6.png} \end{center} So we need something a little different: \begin{fcthm}[Containers for triangle-free graphs] \label{thm:trianglecontainers} For all $n$, there exists a collection of graphs $\mathcal{C}_n$ with the following properties: \begin{enumerate}[(1)] \item $|\mathcal{C}| \le n^{O(n^{3 / 2})}$. \item every $G \in \mathcal{C}$ contains at most $o(n^3)$ triangles. \item every triangle-free graph on $n$ vertices is contained in some $G \in \mathcal{C}$. \end{enumerate} \end{fcthm} \begin{remark*} This result is essentially sharp. Before we constructed very ``random like'' graphs with density $p = \frac{\gamma}{\sqrt{n}}$. So we expect ${\frac{n^2}{2} \choose \frac{pn^2}{2}} = n^{O(n^{3 / 2}}$ such graphs. Intuitively, these should be in different containers. \end{remark*} \begin{fclemma}[Supersaturation] \label{lemma:supersat} For all $\eps > 0$, there exists $\delta$ such that: If $G$ is an $n$ vertex graph with \[ e(G) \ge \left( 1 + \eps \right) \frac{n^2}{4} ,\] then $G$ contains $\delta n^3$ triangles. \end{fclemma} \begin{proof} Let $k$ be a large constant. Note ${n \choose 2}{n -02 \choose k - 2} = {n \choose k}{k \choose 2}$ Consider \begin{align*} (*) &= \frac{1}{{n \choose k}} \sum_{S \in [n]^{(k)}} \frac{e(G[S])}{{k \choose 2}} \\ &= \frac{e(G)}{{n \choose k}{k \choose 2}} \cdot {n - 2 \choose k - 2} \\ &= \frac{e(G)}{{n \choose 2}} \\ &\ge \half (1 + \eps) \end{align*} If the number of $k$ subsets with $> \half {k \choose 2}$ edges is $\eta {n \choose k}$, then \[ (*) \le \eta \cdot 1 + \half (1 - \eta) \le \half (1 + \eta) .\] So $\eta \ge \eps$. Apply Turán to this $\eps$ proportion of subsets. This gives us $\eps {n \choose k}$ pairs of $(\text{$k$-subsets}, \text{triangles})$. But each triangle is counted at most ${n - 3 \choose k - 3}$. So there must exist \[ \ge \frac{\eps {n \choose k}}{{n - 3 \choose k - 3}} \ge c\eps n^3 \] triangles, for some $c > 0$. \end{proof} \begin{proof}[Proof of \nameref{thm:FR} for $p \gg \frac{\log n}{\sqrt{n}}$] Let $p \gg \frac{\log n}{\sqrt{n}}$, $G \sim G(n, p)$, $m = (1 + \delta) \frac{pn^2}{4}$. \begin{align*} \Pbb(\exists H, H \not\supset K_3, H \subset G, e(H) = m) &\le \Pbb\left(\exists K \in \mathcal{C}_n, |H \cap G| \ge (1 + \delta) \frac{pn^2}{2}\right) \\ &\le \sum_{K \in \mathcal{C}_n} \Pbb\left(|K \cap G| \ge (1 + \delta) \frac{pn^2}{2}\right) \end{align*} Note that by \nameref{lemma:supersat}, \[ \Ebb|K \cap G| = p \cdot e(K) \le p (1 + o(1)) \frac{n^2}{4} .\] So we can continue the earlier calculation to get \begin{align*} &\le |\mathcal{C}_n| \exp \left( -\frac{\left(\delta \frac{pn^2}{2}\right)^2}{3 \frac{pn^2}{4}} \right) \\ &= n^{Cn^{3 / 2}} \exp(c\delta^2 pn^2) \\ &= n^{Cn^{3 / 2}} \exp(-C_2(\log n)n^{3 / 2}) \\ &\to 0 \end{align*} if $C_2 > C$. \end{proof}