$γ$-variable first-order logic of preferential attachment random graphs

Abstract: We study logical limit laws for preferential attachment random graphs. In this random graph model, vertices and edges are introduced recursively: at time $1$, we start with vertices $0,1$ and $m$ edges between them. At step $n+1$ the vertex $n+1$ is introduced together with $m$ edges joining the new vertex with $m$ vertices chosen from $1,\ldots,n$ independently with probabilities proportional to their degrees plus a positive parameter $\delta$. We prove that this random graph obeys the convergence law for first-order sentences with at most $m-2$ variables.