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Arborescences of Random Covering Graphs

Combinatorics 2025-06-06 v4

Abstract

A rooted arborescence of a directed graph is a spanning tree directed towards a particular vertex. A recent work of Chepuri et al. showed that the arborescences of a covering graph of a directed graph G are closely related to the arborescences of G. In this paper, we study the weighted sum of arborescences of a random covering graph and give a formula for the expected value, resolving a conjecture of Chepuri et al.

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@article{arxiv.2412.12633,
  title  = {Arborescences of Random Covering Graphs},
  author = {Muchen Ju and Junjie Ni and Kaixin Wang and Yihan Xiao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.12633},
  year   = {2025}
}

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10 pages,4 figures

R2 v1 2026-06-28T20:38:24.184Z