New relations for the vertex polynomial
Combinatorics
2026-07-29 v1 Geometric Topology
Abstract
We extend the vertex polynomial to graphs of arbitrary degree and prove local relations that hold when a graph contains a digon, triangle, quadrilateral or pentagon.
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@article{arxiv.2607.27488,
title = {New relations for the vertex polynomial},
author = {Scott Baldridge and Ben McCarty},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.27488},
year = {2026}
}
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4 pages