On terminal forms for topological polynomials for ribbon graphs: The $N$-petal flower
Combinatorics
2013-11-08 v1
Abstract
The Bollobas-Riordan polynomial [Math. Ann. 323, 81 (2002)] extends the Tutte polynomial and its contraction/deletion rule for ordinary graphs to ribbon graphs. Given a ribbon graph , the related polynomial should be computable from the knowledge of the terminal forms of namely specific induced graphs for which the contraction/deletion procedure becomes more involved. We consider some classes of terminal forms as rosette ribbon graphs with petals and solve their associate Bollobas-Riordan polynomial. This work therefore enlarges the list of terminal forms for ribbon graphs for which the Bollobas-Riordan polynomial could be directly deduced.
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@article{arxiv.1212.5961,
title = {On terminal forms for topological polynomials for ribbon graphs: The $N$-petal flower},
author = {Remi C. Avohou and Joseph Ben Geloun and Etera R. Livine},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.5961},
year = {2013}
}
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18 pages, 8 figures