Independence complexes of wedge of graphs
Combinatorics
2023-03-20 v2 Algebraic Topology
Abstract
In this article, we introduce the notion of a wedge of graphs and provide detailed computations for the independence complex of a wedge of path and cycle graphs. In particular, we show that these complexes are either contractible or wedges of spheres.
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@article{arxiv.2303.08798,
title = {Independence complexes of wedge of graphs},
author = {Navnath Daundkar and Saikat Panja and Sachchidanand Prasad},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.08798},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
10 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables. Comments are welcome