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Inductive approach to chromatic and characteristic polynomials

Combinatorics 2026-05-26 v1 Commutative Algebra Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

In this article we describe a new inductive approach to compute the chromatic polynomial of simple graphs and the characteristic polynomial of central hyperplane arrangements.

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@article{arxiv.2605.25289,
  title  = {Inductive approach to chromatic and characteristic polynomials},
  author = {Madison Cox and Michele Torielli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.25289},
  year   = {2026}
}