The enumeration of odd spanning trees in graphs
Combinatorics
2026-02-10 v1
Abstract
A graph is odd if all of its vertices have odd degrees. In particular, an odd spanning tree in a connected graph is a spanning tree in which all vertices have odd degrees. In this paper we establish a unified technique to enumerate odd spanning trees of a graph in terms of a multivariable polynomial associated with and indeterminates . As applications, the enumerative formulas for odd spanning trees in complete graphs, complete multipartite graphs, almost complete graphs, complete split graphs and Ferrers graphs are, respectively, derived from our work.
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@article{arxiv.2602.08179,
title = {The enumeration of odd spanning trees in graphs},
author = {Shaohan Xu and Kexiang Xu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.08179},
year = {2026}
}