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Computing the Tutte polynomial of a hyperplane arrangement

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We define and study the Tutte polynomial of a hyperplane arrangement. We introduce a method for computing it by solving an enumerative problem in a finite field. For specific arrangements, the computation of Tutte polynomials is then reduced to certain related enumerative questions. As a consequence, we obtain new formulas for the generating functions enumerating alternating trees, labelled trees, semiorders and Dyck paths.

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@article{arxiv.math/0409211,
  title  = {Computing the Tutte polynomial of a hyperplane arrangement},
  author = {Federico Ardila},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0409211},
  year   = {2007}
}

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27 pages, 2 figures