Conjecture on the maximum cut and bisection width in random regular graphs

Lenka Zdeborová, Stefan Boettcher

Published 2009-12-24Version 1

Asymptotic properties of random regular graphs are object of extensive study in mathematics. In this note we argue, based on theory of spin glasses, that in random regular graphs the maximum cut size asymptotically equals the number of edges in the graph minus the minimum bisection size. Maximum cut and minimal bisection are two famous NP-complete problems with no known general relation between them, hence our conjecture is a surprising property of random regular graphs. We further support the conjecture with numerical simulations. A rigorous proof of this relation is obviously a challenge.