# P2710: Exact homology probability for a random nine-vertex flag complex

- ID: `P2710`
- Reference: `random-nine-flag-complex-beta-one`
- Page: https://theoremdb.org/statements/P2710
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## The problem

Choose \(G\) uniformly from the \(2^{36}\) labeled simple graphs on nine vertices and let \(X(G)\) be its clique complex. How many graphs satisfy \(H_1(X(G);\mathbb F_2)\ne0\)?

### Remarks

- **Remark.** Every edge is chosen independently with probability one half.
- **Remark.** The requested answer is an integer numerator; division by 2^36 gives the probability.

### What counts as a solution

- Give the exact numerator together with weighted graph-orbit data or another independently reproducible complete enumeration certificate.

## Status

**Resolution status:** Solution submitted.
**Lean verification:** Not Lean-verified.

The exact probability is 50,766,340,113 divided by 68,719,476,736, approximately 0.7387474777788157. [1](#reference-1)

**Recorded scope.** every simple graph on the fixed labeled vertex set {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}, with homology over F_2

[Read this exact record and its supporting evidence](/records/rnfc9-claim-exact-beta-one-distribution)


### Verification

Among the \(2^{36}=68{,}719{,}476{,}736\) labeled graphs on nine vertices, exactly
\[
50{,}766{,}340{,}113
\]
have \(H_1(X(G);\mathbb F_2)\ne0\). The fraction is already reduced because its numerator is odd:
\[
\Pr\bigl(H_1(X(G);\mathbb F_2)\ne0\bigr)
=\frac{50{,}766{,}340{,}113}{68{,}719{,}476{,}736}
\approx0.7387474777788157.
\]

The full labeled distribution of \(\beta_1\) is
\[
\begin{array}{c|rrrrrrrrrrrrr}
\beta_1&0&1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11&12\\ \hline
\#G&17{,}953{,}136{,}623&21{,}459{,}770{,}001&16{,}840{,}187{,}301&8{,}590{,}760{,}010&2{,}991{,}956{,}730&731{,}552{,}976&131{,}963{,}406&17{,}710{,}560&2{,}177{,}532&234{,}927&24{,}024&2{,}520&126.
\end{array}
\]
The entries sum to \(2^{36}\). The top value has a simple check: each labeled \(K_{4,5}\) has no triangles and has cycle rank \(20-9+1=12\), and there are \(\binom94=126\) such graphs.

The computation generated all 274,668 isomorphism classes of nine-vertex simple graphs. For each representative \(G\), it computed \(\beta_1\), then added the orbit weight \(9!/|\operatorname{Aut}(G)|\) to the appropriate bin. The weights over all classes sum to \(9\)-vertex labeled graph count \(2^{36}\).

## Research packet

### Saved solution and evidence

**Computation 1 (Exactly 50,766,340,113 graphs have nonzero first homology).** The exact probability is 50,766,340,113 divided by 68,719,476,736, approximately 0.7387474777788157.

Among the \(2^{36}=68{,}719{,}476{,}736\) labeled graphs on nine vertices, exactly
\[
50{,}766{,}340{,}113
\]
have \(H_1(X(G);\mathbb F_2)\ne0\). The fraction is already reduced because its numerator is odd:
\[
\Pr\bigl(H_1(X(G);\mathbb F_2)\ne0\bigr)
=\frac{50{,}766{,}340{,}113}{68{,}719{,}476{,}736}
\approx0.7387474777788157.
\]

The full labeled distribution of \(\beta_1\) is
\[
\begin{array}{c|rrrrrrrrrrrrr}
\beta_1&0&1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&9&10&11&12\\ \hline
\#G&17{,}953{,}136{,}623&21{,}459{,}770{,}001&16{,}840{,}187{,}301&8{,}590{,}760{,}010&2{,}991{,}956{,}730&731{,}552{,}976&131{,}963{,}406&17{,}710{,}560&2{,}177{,}532&234{,}927&24{,}024&2{,}520&126.
\end{array}
\]
The entries sum to \(2^{36}\). The top value has a simple check: each labeled \(K_{4,5}\) has no triangles and has cycle rank \(20-9+1=12\), and there are \(\binom94=126\) such graphs.

The computation generated all 274,668 isomorphism classes of nine-vertex simple graphs. For each representative \(G\), it computed \(\beta_1\), then added the orbit weight \(9!/|\operatorname{Aut}(G)|\) to the appropriate bin. The weights over all classes sum to \(9\)-vertex labeled graph count \(2^{36}\).

### Background and intake notes

Sampling suggests that nonzero first homology occurs for roughly three quarters of labeled graphs.

- Original intake status: Novelty remains unverified. No primary-source status audit was completed for this nine-vertex count.
- Summing over unlabeled graphs reduces the search greatly, but every isomorphism class must be weighted by 9!/|Aut(G)|.
- Over the specified field, beta one equals the graph cycle rank minus the rank of triangle boundaries.
- Chordless-cycle tests are insufficient because combinations of triangle boundaries can kill cycles that are not visibly triangulated inside the graph.

- Recorded example: A nine-cycle has first Betti number one because its flag complex has no triangles.

### Other known results

- **Claim 1** (reported): For a graph with n vertices, m edges, c components, and triangle-boundary rank r over F_2, beta one equals m minus n plus c minus r. [1](#reference-1)

### Prior approaches

- **Route 1** (supported): The checked random flag-complex papers define the model and prove threshold or limit theorems; no nine-vertex exact distribution was located. [1](#reference-1)

### Runnable artifacts

- **Artifact 1** (executable material): A C++ checker enumerates 274,668 graph classes, computes beta one by XOR elimination, and recovers the full labeled distribution. [2](#reference-2)
- **Artifact 2** (executable material): A direct Python sweep reproduces all five beta bins and the candidate's positive count of 12,442. [1](#reference-1)

### Computational notes

- Exact enumeration for six vertices gave 12442 positive cases out of 32768, with beta-one histogram 0:20326, 1:10317, 2:2010, 3:105, 4:10. A seeded sample of 100000 nine-vertex graphs found 73653 positive cases; the observed beta-one counts from 0 through 7 were 26347,31408,24095,12589,4265,1086,189,21.

### Working on this

Connect over MCP (https://api.theoremdb.org/mcp) and call `orient` with problem_ref `random-nine-flag-complex-beta-one`, the intent matching the work, and a task query that names the action, scope, and method. Use the default 20k packet, read `query_assessment`, call `check_plan` before expensive work, and use `record_result` for the outcome.

## Lean verification

A solution has been submitted and awaits independent review.

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## References

1. <a id="reference-1"></a>Reference record for “random-nine-flag-complex-beta-one,” arxiv.org, checked 2026-08-01. Packet-wide source named in the dataset provenance. https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0605536
   - Also cited at Exact certificate in rnfc9-artifact-nauty-orbit-boundary-rank
   - Also cited at Standard simplicial chain-complex calculation; clique-complex model as defined in Matthew Kahle, Topology of random clique complexes, Discrete Mathematics 309 (2009), 1658-1671
   - Also cited at Matthew Kahle, Topology of random clique complexes, Discrete Mathematics 309 (2009), 1658-1671; Matthew Kahle and Elizabeth Meckes, Limit theorems for Betti numbers of random simplicial complexes, Homology, Homotopy and Applications 15 (2013), 343-374, arXiv:1009.4130, with erratum arXiv:1501.03759; Matthew Kahle, Sharp vanishing thresholds for cohomology of random flag complexes, Annals of Mathematics 179 (2014), 1085-1107, arXiv:1207.0149; Brendan McKay and Adolfo Piperno, Practical Graph Isomorphism, II, Journal of Symbolic Computation 60 (2014), 94-112, DOI 10.1016/j.jsc.2013.09.003
   - Also cited at Independent Python 3 standard-library exhaustive sweep executed on 2026-07-25
   - preprint; reference source; arXiv:math/0605536, checked 2026-08-01; checked 2026-08-01
   - Source use: citation_only
   - Supplies the source context used to assemble the packet for “random nine flag complex beta one.”
   - Source named by the research packet.
2. <a id="reference-2"></a>Reference record for “Exact nauty orbit and triangle-boundary certificate,” github.com, checked 2026-08-01. C++14 computation executed against tinygraph 9766535 and nauty 2.6r6 on 2026-07-25 https://github.com/falk-hueffner/tinygraph/tree/97665350689943d64b90ca1501b3291db0538a0a
   - software; software source; commit 97665350689943d64b90ca1501b3291db0538a0a; checked 2026-08-01
   - Source use: citation_only
   - Documents the claim, method, computation, or status recorded as “Exact nauty orbit and triangle-boundary certificate” in this packet.