Abstract
We prove that there exist bipartite Ramanujan graphs of every degree and every number of vertices. The proof is based on an analysis of the expected characteristic polynomial of a union of random perfect matchings and involves three ingredients: (1) a formula for the expected characteristic polynomial of the sum of a regular graph with a random permutation of another regular graph, (2) a proof that this expected polynomial is real-rooted and that the family of polynomials considered in this sum is an interlacing family, and (3) strong bounds on the roots of the expected characteristic polynomial of a union of random perfect matchings, established using the framework of finite free convolutions introduced recently by the authors.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2488-2509 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | SIAM Journal on Computing |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2018 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Computer Science
- General Mathematics
Keywords
- Expander graphs
- Free probability
- Interlacing
- Random graphs
- Random matrices