English

Aztec diamonds, checkerboard graphs, and spanning trees

Combinatorics 2008-02-03 v1

Abstract

This note derives the characteristic polynomial of a graph that represents nonjump moves in a generalized game of checkers. The number of spanning trees is also determined.

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/9501234,
  title  = {Aztec diamonds, checkerboard graphs, and spanning trees},
  author = {Donald E. Knuth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9501234},
  year   = {2008}
}