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Tree Decomposition By Eigenvectors

Combinatorics 2018-08-21 v1

Abstract

In this work a composition-decomposition technique is presented that correlates tree eigenvectors with certain eigenvectors of an associated so-called skeleton forest. In particular, the matching properties of a skeleton determine the multiplicity of the corresponding tree eigenvalue. As an application a characterization of trees that admit eigenspace bases with entries only from the set {0, 1,-1} is presented. Moreover, a result due to Nylen concerned with partitioning eigenvectors of tree pattern matrices is generalized.

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@article{arxiv.1112.3193,
  title  = {Tree Decomposition By Eigenvectors},
  author = {Torsten Sander and Jürgen W. Sander},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.3193},
  year   = {2018}
}

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25 pages

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