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Grassmann-Berezin Calculus and Theorems of the Matrix-Tree Type

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v2 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We prove two generalizations of the matrix-tree theorem. The first one, a result essentially due to Moon for which we provide a new proof, extends the ``all minors'' matrix-tree theorem to the ``massive'' case where no condition on row or column sums is imposed. The second generalization, which is new, extends the recently discovered Pfaffian-tree theorem of Masbaum and Vaintrob into a ``Hyperpfaffian-cactus'' theorem. Our methods are noninductive, explicit and make critical use of Grassmann-Berezin calculus that was developed for the needs of modern theoretical physics.

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@article{arxiv.math/0306396,
  title  = {Grassmann-Berezin Calculus and Theorems of the Matrix-Tree Type},
  author = {Abdelmalek Abdesselam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0306396},
  year   = {2007}
}

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23 pages, 2 figures, 3 references added

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