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{\bf Abraham D. Flaxman}
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{\bf The Lower Tail of the Random Minimum Spanning Tree}
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Consider a complete graph $K_n$ where the edges have costs given by
independent random variables, each distributed uniformly between 0 and
1.  The cost of the minimum spanning tree in this graph is a random
variable which has been the subject of much study.  This note
considers the large deviation probability of this random variable.
Previous work has shown that the log-probability of deviation by
$\varepsilon$ is $-\Omega(n)$, and that for the log-probability of $Z$
exceeding $\zeta(3)$ this bound is correct; $\log {\rm Pr}[Z \geq
\zeta(3) + \varepsilon] = -\Theta(n)$.  The purpose of this note is to
provide a simple proof that the scaling of the lower tail is also
linear, $\log {\rm Pr}[Z \leq \zeta(3) - \varepsilon] = -\Theta(n)$.



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