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Factorizations of Polynomials over Noncommutative Algebras and Sufficient Sets of Edges in Directed Graphs

Quantum Algebra 2009-11-11 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

To directed graphs with unique sink and source we associate a noncommutative associative alsgebra and a polynomial over this algebra. Edges of the graph correspond to pseudo-roots of the polynomial. We give a sufficient condition when coefficients of the polynomial can be rationally expressed via elements of a given set of pseudo-roots (edges). Our results are based on a new theorem for directed graphs also proved in this paper.

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@article{arxiv.math/0509260,
  title  = {Factorizations of Polynomials over Noncommutative Algebras and Sufficient Sets of Edges in Directed Graphs},
  author = {Israel Gelfand and Sergei Gelfand and Vladimir Retakh and Robert Lee Wilson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0509260},
  year   = {2009}
}

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15 pages, AMSTeX