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Long induced cycles in pseudorandom graphs

Sep 2026 · 1 citation · 63 references
Mathematics

Abstract

We show that, for some absolute constants $c_1,c_2>0$, every $(n,d,\lambda)$-graph with $\lambda\le c_1 d$ contains an induced cycle of length at least $c_2n\log(d/\lambda)/d$. This is best possible up to the values of $c_1,c_2$. Our techniques include a multi-scale algorithmic analysis, an adapted depth-first exploration procedure, a link to percolation theory, and estimates for random row-and-column extraction in symmetric matrices.

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