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A q-analog of the adjacency matrix of the n-cube

Combinatorics 2022-04-28 v2

Abstract

We define a q-analog of the adjacency matrix of the n-cube, determine its eigenvalues and write down a canonical eigenbasis. We give a weighted count of the number of rooted spanning trees in the q-analog of the n-cube. Remarks on the previous version: The q-analog of the Kac matrix appears in Terwilliger's classification of Leonard pairs and as such its eigenvalues and eigenvectors were known. Reference added to Terwilliger's papers and also to a paper of Johnson. Title changed to reflect this.

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@article{arxiv.2204.05540,
  title  = {A q-analog of the adjacency matrix of the n-cube},
  author = {Subhajit Ghosh and Murali K. Srinivasan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.05540},
  year   = {2022}
}