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Weighted theta functions for non-commutative graphs

Combinatorics 2021-01-05 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

Gr\"otschel, Lov\'asz, and Schrijver generalized the Lov\'asz ϑ\vartheta function by allowing a weight for each vertex. We provide a similar generalization of Duan, Severini, and Winter's ϑ~\tilde{\vartheta} on non-commutative graphs. While the classical theory involves a weight vector assigning a non-negative weight to each vertex, the non-commutative theory uses a positive semidefinite weight matrix. The classical theory is recovered in the case of diagonal weight matrices. Most of Gr\"otschel, Lov\'asz, and Schrijver's results generalize to non-commutative graphs. In particular, we generalize the inequality ϑ(G,w)ϑ(G,x)w,x\vartheta(G, w) \vartheta(\overline{G}, x) \ge \langle w, x \rangle with some modification needed due to non-commutative graphs having a richer notion of complementation. Similar to the classical case, facets of the theta body correspond to cliques and if the theta body anti-blocker is finitely generated then it is equal to the non-commutative generalization of the clique polytope. We propose two definitions for non-commutative perfect graphs, equivalent for classical graphs but inequivalent for non-commutative graphs.

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@article{arxiv.2101.00162,
  title  = {Weighted theta functions for non-commutative graphs},
  author = {Dan Stahlke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.00162},
  year   = {2021}
}

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37 pages, 1 figure

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