The entropy of random-free graphons and properties

Hamed Hatami, Serguei Norine

Published 2012-05-15Version 1

Every graphon defines a random graph on any given number $n$ of vertices. It was known that the graphon is random-free if and only if the entropy of this random graph is subquadratic. We prove that for random-free graphons, this entropy can grow as fast as any subquadratic function. However, if the graphon belongs to the closure of a random-free graph property, then the entropy is $O(n \log n)$. We also give a simple construction of a non-stepfunction random-free graphon for which this entropy is linear, refuting a conjecture of Janson.