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Asymptotic probability for connectedness

We study the structure of the asymptotic expansion of the probability that a combinatorial object is connected. We show that the coefficients appearing in those asymptotics are integers and can be interpreted as the counting sequences of other derivative combinatorial classes. The general result applies to rapidly growing combinatorial structures, which we call gargantuan, that also admit a sequence decomposition. The result is then applied to several models of graphs, of surfaces (square-tiled surfaces, combinatorial maps), and to geometric models of higher dimension (constellations, graph encoded manifolds). The corresponding derivative combinatorial classes are irreducible (multi)tournaments, indecomposable (multi)permutations and indecomposable perfect (multi)matchings.