# we-solve research prompt: Math-1726, From a large percolation component to a giant component on expanders

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/from-a-large-percolation-component-to-a-giant-component-on-expanders/).

## Rules
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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\section*{From a large percolation component to a giant component on expanders}\label{10000044}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 10000044 · AMR-099-0044 · Probability · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $(G_n)$ be finite connected graphs with $|V(G_n)|\to\infty$, maximum degrees bounded by one constant $D$, and edge expansion uniformly bounded below: some $h>0$ satisfies
\[
|\{xy\in E(G_n):x\in A,y\notin A\}|\ge h|A|
\quad(0<|A|\le |V(G_n)|/2).
\]
Perform independent bond percolation with parameter $1/2$ on each $G_n$. Write $K_n(v)$ for the connected open subgraph containing $v$, and $L_n$ for the maximum number of vertices of any open component. Diameters of connected graphs are their intrinsic shortest-path diameters; thus paths used to measure $\operatorname{diam}(K_n(v))$ must use open edges.

Suppose there is a deterministic vertex $v_n\in V(G_n)$ for every $n$ such that
\[
\mathbb P_{1/2}\!\left(\operatorname{diam}(K_n(v_n))>
\tfrac12\operatorname{diam}(G_n)\right)>\tfrac12.
\]
Must there exist $\delta>0$ such that $\mathbb P_{1/2}(L_n\ge\delta|V(G_n)|)\to1$?

This spells out the source's ``giant component with high probability'' as a positive fraction of all vertices, with one fixed fraction along the sequence. The graph family need not be vertex-transitive, and the distinguished vertex need not be typical or randomly chosen. The hypothesis gives only a probability exceeding one half of a large-diameter cluster at one vertex. The conclusion asks for a high-probability macroscopic component somewhere in the graph, at the same parameter $1/2$, without increasing the edge-retention probability.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Does a greater-than-half chance of a large-diameter cluster at one vertex of an expander force a giant cluster with high probability?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 10000044 (AMR-099-0044), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Benjamini - Coarse Geometry and Randomness (Saint-Flour notes), Open problem 11.7, PDF page 86. Original source indexed by AMR-099-0044.
\url{https://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~itai/stflouraug24.pdf#page=86}.
\item[S3] I. Benjamini, Coarse Geometry and Randomness, primary Saint-Flour notes; the numbered question and its surrounding definitions.
\url{https://arquivo.pt/noFrame/replay/20201231041548id_/http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~itai/stflouraug24.pdf}.
\item[S4] I. Benjamini, Euclidean vs. Graph Metric, primary numbered question and conventions.
\url{https://arquivo.pt/noFrame/replay/20201231041538id_/http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~itai/erd100.pdf}.
\end{itemize}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-099-0044

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-10000044
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
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Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)