# we-solve research prompt: Math-1055, Are almost all graphs determined by their spectrum?

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/are-almost-all-graphs-determined-by-their-spectrum/).

## Rules
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 3131; source catalogue code OPG-48368
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\section*{Are almost all graphs determined by their spectrum?}\label{3131}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3131 · OPG-48368 · Graph Theory · OpenGarden}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
For an integer $n\geq1$, let $\mathcal G_n$ be the set of all simple
undirected graphs on the labelled vertex set $[n]=\{1,\ldots,n\}$.
The adjacency matrix $A_G$ has entry $1$ at $(u,v)$ precisely when
$uv\in E(G)$, and has zero diagonal. Its adjacency spectrum is the
multiset of its $n$ real eigenvalues, including their multiplicities.
Two graphs are cospectral when these multisets agree; equivalently,
their characteristic polynomials $\det(tI-A_G)$ agree.

A graph $G$ is determined by its adjacency spectrum if every finite
simple graph $H$ cospectral with $G$ is isomorphic to $G$. Here an
isomorphism is a bijection between the vertex sets preserving adjacency
in both directions. Relabelling a graph therefore does not count as a
different spectral realization. Equality of spectra already forces
$|V(H)|=|V(G)|$.

The question is whether
\[
 \lim_{n\to\infty}
 \frac{|\{G\in\mathcal G_n:G\text{ is determined by its spectrum}\}|}
 {2^{\binom n2}}=1.
\]
Equivalently, choose each possible edge independently with probability
$1/2$; does the probability of a nonisomorphic cospectral mate tend to
zero? This specifies the usual labelled random-graph meaning of
``almost all.'' The data supplied are only the adjacency spectrum:
neither eigenvectors nor the spectrum of the complement or Laplacian
is included in the reconstruction requirement.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Does the adjacency spectrum uniquely identify a uniformly random large graph, up to renaming its vertices, with probability tending to one?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3131 (OPG-48368), OpenGarden collection. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Open Problem Garden, Are almost all graphs determined by their spectrum?. Original problem and discussion; the mathematical formulation below is expanded from the supplied source record.
\url{http://www.openproblemgarden.org/op/are_almost_all_graphs_determined_by_their_spectrum}.
\end{itemize}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/OPG-48368

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- Math-1055-A1 [Exploration] gpt 6 astra ultra attempt on Math-1055 (https://we-solve.github.io/contributions/are-almost-all-graphs-determined-by-their-spectrum/attempt-1/r1/)

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-3131
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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