The distribution of the largest nontrivial eigenvalues in families of random regular graphs

Experimental Mathematics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-244

  Miller, Steven J ^a   Novikoff, Tim ^b   Sabelli, Anthony ^b  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Largest nontrivial eigenvalues; Ramanujan graphs; Random graphs; Tracy Widom distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049102718     PISSN: 10586458     EISSN: 1944950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10586458.2008.10129029     Document Type: Article

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