The Lovász theta function for random regular graphs

The Lovász theta function for random regular graphs

Probability Seminar
Oct 17, 2018, 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM | 1011 Evans Hall | Happening As Scheduled
Jess Banks, UC Berkeley
The Lovász theta function is a classic semidefinite relaxation of graph coloring. In this talk I'll discuss the power of this relaxation for refuting colorability of uniformly random degree-regular graphs, as well as for distinguishing this distribution from one with a `planted' disassoratative community structure. We will see that the behavior of this refutation scheme is consistent with the...