Abstract

In this work we investigate a bootstrap percolation process on random graphs generated by a random graph model which combines preferential attachment and edge insertion between previously existing vertices. The probabilities of adding either a new vertex or a new connection between previously added vertices are time dependent and given by a function f called the edge-step function. We show that under integrability conditions over the edge-step function the graphs are highly susceptible to the spread of infections, which requires only 3 steps to infect a positive fraction of the whole graph. To prove this result, we rely on a quantitative lower bound for the maximum degree that might be of independent interest