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A note on a Broken-cycle Theorem for hypergraphs

Combinatorics 2012-09-25 v1

Abstract

Whitney's Broken-cycle Theorem states the chromatic polynomial of a graph as a sum over special edge subsets. We give a definition of cycles in hypergraphs that preserves the statement of the theorem there.

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@article{arxiv.1209.5069,
  title  = {A note on a Broken-cycle Theorem for hypergraphs},
  author = {Martin Trinks},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.5069},
  year   = {2012}
}

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5 pages

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