Asymptotic expansion of regular and connected regular graphs

Abstract

We derive the asymptotic expansion (asymptotics with an arbitrary number of error terms) of k-regular graphs by applying the Laplace method on a recent exact formula from Caizergues and de Panafieu (2023). We also deduce the asymptotic expansion of connected k-regular graphs using standard techniques for divergent series developed by Wright (1970) and Bender (1975), and quantify its closeness to the asymptotic expansion of k-regular graphs.

13 pages plus 20 pages of proofs and 3 pages of bibliography