{"title":"A polynomial-time approximation scheme for the maximal overlap of two independent Erdős–Rényi graphs","authors":"Jian Ding, Hang Du, Shuyang Gong","doi":"10.1002/rsa.21212","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"For two independent Erdős–Rényi graphs <mjx-container aria-label=\"bold upper G left parenthesis n comma p right parenthesis\" ctxtmenu_counter=\"0\" ctxtmenu_oldtabindex=\"1\" jax=\"CHTML\" role=\"application\" sre-explorer- style=\"font-size: 103%; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\"><mjx-math aria-hidden=\"true\"><mjx-semantics><mjx-mrow data-semantic-children=\"0,7\" data-semantic-content=\"8,0\" data-semantic- data-semantic-role=\"simple function\" data-semantic-speech=\"bold upper G left parenthesis n comma p right parenthesis\" data-semantic-type=\"appl\"><mjx-mi data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"bold\" data-semantic- data-semantic-operator=\"appl\" data-semantic-parent=\"9\" data-semantic-role=\"simple function\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mi><mjx-mo data-semantic-added=\"true\" data-semantic- data-semantic-operator=\"appl\" data-semantic-parent=\"9\" data-semantic-role=\"application\" data-semantic-type=\"punctuation\" style=\"margin-left: 0.056em; margin-right: 0.056em;\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mo><mjx-mrow data-semantic-children=\"6\" data-semantic-content=\"1,5\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"9\" data-semantic-role=\"leftright\" data-semantic-type=\"fenced\"><mjx-mo data-semantic- data-semantic-operator=\"fenced\" data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"open\" data-semantic-type=\"fence\" style=\"margin-left: 0.056em; margin-right: 0.056em;\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mo><mjx-mrow data-semantic-children=\"2,3,4\" data-semantic-content=\"3\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"sequence\" data-semantic-type=\"punctuated\"><mjx-mi data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"6\" data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mi><mjx-mo data-semantic- data-semantic-operator=\"punctuated\" data-semantic-parent=\"6\" data-semantic-role=\"comma\" data-semantic-type=\"punctuation\" rspace=\"3\" style=\"margin-left: 0.056em;\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mo><mjx-mi data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"6\" data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mi></mjx-mrow><mjx-mo data-semantic- data-semantic-operator=\"fenced\" data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"close\" data-semantic-type=\"fence\" style=\"margin-left: 0.056em; margin-right: 0.056em;\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mo></mjx-mrow></mjx-mrow></mjx-semantics></mjx-math><mjx-assistive-mml aria-hidden=\"true\" display=\"inline\" unselectable=\"on\"><math altimg=\"/cms/asset/2faa26af-1d72-4b99-9369-f9fefb9bf168/rsa21212-math-0001.png\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\"><semantics><mrow data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-children=\"0,7\" data-semantic-content=\"8,0\" data-semantic-role=\"simple function\" data-semantic-speech=\"bold upper G left parenthesis n comma p right parenthesis\" data-semantic-type=\"appl\"><mi data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"bold\" data-semantic-operator=\"appl\" data-semantic-parent=\"9\" data-semantic-role=\"simple function\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\" mathvariant=\"bold\">G</mi><mo data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-added=\"true\" data-semantic-operator=\"appl\" data-semantic-parent=\"9\" data-semantic-role=\"application\" data-semantic-type=\"punctuation\"></mo><mrow data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-children=\"6\" data-semantic-content=\"1,5\" data-semantic-parent=\"9\" data-semantic-role=\"leftright\" data-semantic-type=\"fenced\"><mo data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-operator=\"fenced\" data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"open\" data-semantic-type=\"fence\" stretchy=\"false\">(</mo><mrow data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-children=\"2,3,4\" data-semantic-content=\"3\" data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"sequence\" data-semantic-type=\"punctuated\"><mi data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic-parent=\"6\" data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\">n</mi><mo data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-operator=\"punctuated\" data-semantic-parent=\"6\" data-semantic-role=\"comma\" data-semantic-type=\"punctuation\">,</mo><mi data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic-parent=\"6\" data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\">p</mi></mrow><mo data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-operator=\"fenced\" data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"close\" data-semantic-type=\"fence\" stretchy=\"false\">)</mo></mrow></mrow>$$ \\mathbf{G}\\left(n,p\\right) $$</annotation></semantics></math></mjx-assistive-mml></mjx-container>, we study the maximal overlap (i.e., the number of common edges) of these two graphs over all possible vertex correspondence. We present a polynomial-time algorithm which finds a vertex correspondence whose overlap approximates the maximal overlap up to a multiplicative factor that is arbitrarily close to 1. As a by-product, we prove that the maximal overlap is asymptotically <mjx-container aria-label=\"StartFraction n Over 2 alpha minus 1 EndFraction\" ctxtmenu_counter=\"1\" ctxtmenu_oldtabindex=\"1\" jax=\"CHTML\" role=\"application\" sre-explorer- style=\"font-size: 103%; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\"><mjx-math aria-hidden=\"true\"><mjx-semantics><mjx-mrow><mjx-mfrac data-semantic-children=\"0,7\" data-semantic- data-semantic-role=\"division\" data-semantic-speech=\"StartFraction n Over 2 alpha minus 1 EndFraction\" data-semantic-type=\"fraction\"><mjx-frac><mjx-num><mjx-nstrut></mjx-nstrut><mjx-mrow size=\"s\"><mjx-mi data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"8\" data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mi></mjx-mrow></mjx-num><mjx-dbox><mjx-dtable><mjx-line></mjx-line><mjx-row><mjx-den><mjx-dstrut></mjx-dstrut><mjx-mrow data-semantic-children=\"6,4\" data-semantic-content=\"3\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"8\" data-semantic-role=\"subtraction\" data-semantic-type=\"infixop\" size=\"s\"><mjx-mrow data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple;clearspeak:unit\" data-semantic-children=\"1,2\" data-semantic-content=\"5\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"implicit\" data-semantic-type=\"infixop\"><mjx-mn data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"normal\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"6\" data-semantic-role=\"integer\" data-semantic-type=\"number\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mn><mjx-mo data-semantic-added=\"true\" data-semantic- data-semantic-operator=\"infixop,\" data-semantic-parent=\"6\" data-semantic-role=\"multiplication\" data-semantic-type=\"operator\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mo><mjx-mi data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"6\" data-semantic-role=\"greekletter\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mi></mjx-mrow><mjx-mo data-semantic- data-semantic-operator=\"infixop,−\" data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"subtraction\" data-semantic-type=\"operator\" rspace=\"1\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mo><mjx-mn data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"normal\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"integer\" data-semantic-type=\"number\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mn></mjx-mrow></mjx-den></mjx-row></mjx-dtable></mjx-dbox></mjx-frac></mjx-mfrac></mjx-mrow></mjx-semantics></mjx-math><mjx-assistive-mml aria-hidden=\"true\" display=\"inline\" unselectable=\"on\"><math altimg=\"/cms/asset/1e243f5a-74ad-471b-b6ab-5e5cdad937f6/rsa21212-math-0002.png\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\"><semantics><mrow><mfrac data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-children=\"0,7\" data-semantic-role=\"division\" data-semantic-speech=\"StartFraction n Over 2 alpha minus 1 EndFraction\" data-semantic-type=\"fraction\"><mrow><mi data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic-parent=\"8\" data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\">n</mi></mrow><mrow data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-children=\"6,4\" data-semantic-content=\"3\" data-semantic-parent=\"8\" data-semantic-role=\"subtraction\" data-semantic-type=\"infixop\"><mrow data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple;clearspeak:unit\" data-semantic-children=\"1,2\" data-semantic-content=\"5\" data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"implicit\" data-semantic-type=\"infixop\"><mn data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"normal\" data-semantic-parent=\"6\" data-semantic-role=\"integer\" data-semantic-type=\"number\">2</mn><mo data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-added=\"true\" data-semantic-operator=\"infixop,\" data-semantic-parent=\"6\" data-semantic-role=\"multiplication\" data-semantic-type=\"operator\"></mo><mi data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic-parent=\"6\" data-semantic-role=\"greekletter\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\">α</mi></mrow><mo data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-operator=\"infixop,−\" data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"subtraction\" data-semantic-type=\"operator\" form=\"prefix\">−</mo><mn data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"normal\" data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"integer\" data-semantic-type=\"number\">1</mn></mrow></mfrac></mrow>$$ \\frac{n}{2\\alpha -1} $$</annotation></semantics></math></mjx-assistive-mml></mjx-container> for <mjx-container aria-label=\"p equals n Superscript negative alpha\" ctxtmenu_counter=\"2\" ctxtmenu_oldtabindex=\"1\" jax=\"CHTML\" role=\"application\" sre-explorer- style=\"font-size: 103%; position: relative;\" tabindex=\"0\"><mjx-math aria-hidden=\"true\"><mjx-semantics><mjx-mrow data-semantic-children=\"0,6\" data-semantic-content=\"1\" data-semantic- data-semantic-role=\"equality\" data-semantic-speech=\"p equals n Superscript negative alpha\" data-semantic-type=\"relseq\"><mjx-mi data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mi><mjx-mo data-semantic- data-semantic-operator=\"relseq,=\" data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"equality\" data-semantic-type=\"relation\" rspace=\"5\" space=\"5\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mo><mjx-msup data-semantic-children=\"2,5\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-type=\"superscript\"><mjx-mrow><mjx-mi data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"6\" data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mi></mjx-mrow><mjx-script style=\"vertical-align: 0.363em;\"><mjx-mrow data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-children=\"4\" data-semantic-content=\"3\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"6\" data-semantic-role=\"negative\" data-semantic-type=\"prefixop\" size=\"s\"><mjx-mo data-semantic- data-semantic-operator=\"prefixop,−\" data-semantic-parent=\"5\" data-semantic-role=\"subtraction\" data-semantic-type=\"operator\" rspace=\"1\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mo><mjx-mi data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"5\" data-semantic-role=\"greekletter\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mi></mjx-mrow></mjx-script></mjx-msup></mjx-mrow></mjx-semantics></mjx-math><mjx-assistive-mml aria-hidden=\"true\" display=\"inline\" unselectable=\"on\"><math altimg=\"/cms/asset/fd33064b-fec1-487b-a93d-bb698834109e/rsa21212-math-0003.png\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\"><semantics><mrow data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-children=\"0,6\" data-semantic-content=\"1\" data-semantic-role=\"equality\" data-semantic-speech=\"p equals n Superscript negative alpha\" data-semantic-type=\"relseq\"><mi data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\">p</mi><mo data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-operator=\"relseq,=\" data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"equality\" data-semantic-type=\"relation\">=</mo><msup data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-children=\"2,5\" data-semantic-parent=\"7\" data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-type=\"superscript\"><mrow><mi data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic-parent=\"6\" data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\">n</mi></mrow><mrow data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-children=\"4\" data-semantic-content=\"3\" data-semantic-parent=\"6\" data-semantic-role=\"negative\" data-semantic-type=\"prefixop\"><mo data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-operator=\"prefixop,−\" data-semantic-parent=\"5\" data-semantic-role=\"subtraction\" data-semantic-type=\"operator\" form=\"prefix\">−</mo><mi data-semantic-=\"\" data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic-parent=\"5\" data-semantic-role=\"greekletter\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\">α</mi></mrow></msup></mrow>$$ p={n}^{-\\alpha } $$</annotation></semantics></math></mjx-assistive-mml></mjx-container> with some constant <mjx-container aria-label=\"alpha element of left parenthesis 1 divided by 2 comma 1 right parenthesis\" ctxtmenu_counter=\"3\" ctxtmenu_oldtabindex=\"1\" jax=\"CHTML\" role=\"application\" sre-explorer- style=\"font-size: 103%; 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Abstract
For two independent Erdős–Rényi graphs , we study the maximal overlap (i.e., the number of common edges) of these two graphs over all possible vertex correspondence. We present a polynomial-time algorithm which finds a vertex correspondence whose overlap approximates the maximal overlap up to a multiplicative factor that is arbitrarily close to 1. As a by-product, we prove that the maximal overlap is asymptotically for with some constant .