{"title":"On counting independent sets in sparse graphs","authors":"M. Dyer, A. Frieze, M. Jerrum","doi":"10.1109/SFFCS.1999.814593","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We prove two results concerning approximate counting of independent sets in graphs with constant maximum degree /spl Delta/. The first result implies that the Monte-Carlo Markov chain technique is likely to fail if /spl Delta//spl ges/6. The second shows that no fully polynomial randomized approximation scheme can exist for /spl Delta//spl ges/25, unless P=NP under randomized reductions.","PeriodicalId":385047,"journal":{"name":"40th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (Cat. No.99CB37039)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1999-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"182","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"40th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (Cat. No.99CB37039)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SFFCS.1999.814593","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We prove two results concerning approximate counting of independent sets in graphs with constant maximum degree /spl Delta/. The first result implies that the Monte-Carlo Markov chain technique is likely to fail if /spl Delta//spl ges/6. The second shows that no fully polynomial randomized approximation scheme can exist for /spl Delta//spl ges/25, unless P=NP under randomized reductions.