Benjamini, I. and Zhukovskii, M. orcid.org/0000-0001-8763-9533 (2025) A very sharp threshold for first order logic distinguishability of random graphs. Discrete Analysis, 2025. 6. ISSN: 2397-3129
Abstract
In this paper we find an integer h = h(n) such that the minimum number of variables of a first order sentence that distinguishes between two independent uniformly distributed random graphs of size n with the asymptotically largest possible probability 14 −o(1) belongs to {h,h+1,h+2,h+3}. We also prove that the minimum (random) k such that two independent random graphs are distinguishable by a first order sentence with k variables belongs to {h,h+1,h+2} with probability 1−o(1).
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| Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2025 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | random graphs; first order logic; descriptive complexity; graph isomorphism |
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| Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
| Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Computer Science (Sheffield) |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2025 15:55 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Aug 2025 15:55 |
| Published Version: | https://discreteanalysisjournal.com/article/138190... |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Alliance of Diamond Open Access Journals |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Identification Number: | 10.19086/da.138190 |
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| Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:229981 |

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