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We study the problem of finding an acyclic orientation of an undirected graph with constrained in-degree parities specified by a subset T of vertices. An orientation is called T -odd if a vertex v has odd in-degree if and only if v P T .…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-03-11 Sylvain Gravier , Matthieu Petiteau , Isabelle Sivignon

The simplest way to make a dynamical system out of a finite connected graph $G$ is to give it a polarization, that is to say a cyclic ordering of the edges incident to a vertex, for each vertex. The phase space $\mathcal{P}(G)$ then…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-20 Dustin Connery-Grigg , François Lalonde , Jordan Payette

The enumeration of planar maps equipped with an Eulerian orientation has attracted attention in both combinatorics and theoretical physics since at least 2000. The case of 4-valent maps is particularly interesting: these orientations are in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-16 Mireille Bousquet-Mélou , Andrew Elvey Price

We establish the quaternionic weighted zeta function of a graph and its Study determinant expressions. For a graph with quaternionic weights on arcs, we define a zeta function by using an infinite product which is regarded as the Euler…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-09-28 Norio Konno , Hideo Mitsuhashi , Iwao Sato

We study the enumeration of graph orientations under local degree constraints. Given a finite graph $G = (V, E)$ and a family of admissible sets $\{\mathsf P_v \subseteq \mathbb{Z} : v \in V\}$, let $\mathcal N (G; \prod_{v \in V} \mathsf…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-08 Jing Yu , Jie-Xiang Zhu

Specializing the $\gamma$-basis for the vector space $\mathcal{G}(n,r)$ spanned by the set of symbols on bit sequences with $r$ $1$'s and $n-r$ $0$'s, we obtain a frame or spanning set for the vector space $\mathcal{T}(n,r)$ spanned by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-08 Joseph P. S. Kung

An edge weighting problem of a graph G is an assignment of an integer weight to each edge e. Based on edge weighting problem, several types of vertex-coloring problems are put forward. A simple observation illuminates that edge weighting…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-07-09 Yinghua Duan , Hongliang Lu , Qinglin yu

Motivated by circle graphs, and the enumeration of Euler circuits, we define a one-variable ``interlace polynomial'' for any graph. The polynomial satisfies a beautiful and unexpected reduction relation, quite different from the cut and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Richard Arratia , Bela Bollobas , Gregory B. Sorkin

Using general principles in the theory of vertex operator algebras and their twisted modules, we obtain a bosonic, twisted construction of a certain central extension of a Lie algebra of differential operators on the circle, for an…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2011-02-01 Benjamin Doyon , James Lepowsky , Antun Milas

We study the space ${\mathcal X}^{d}(G)$ of pictures of a graph $G$ in complex projective $d$-space. The main result is that the homology groups (with integer coefficients) of ${\mathcal X}^{d}(G)$ are completely determined by the Tutte…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jeremy L. Martin

Using a notation of corner between edges when graph has a fixed rotation, i.e. cyclical order of edges around vertices, we define combinatorial objects - combinatorial maps as pairs of permutations, one for vertices and one for faces.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-09-02 Dainis Zeps

Employing two models, we show that various counting functions of a random variable defined by restriction or contraction of a ranked set with multiplicity (e.g., classical and arithmetic matroids) have expectations given by the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-03-17 Tan Nhat Tran

Stark and Terras introduced the edge zeta function of a finite graph in 1996. The edge zeta function is the reciprocal of a polynomial in twice as many variables as edges in the graph and can be computed in polynomial time. We look at graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-08-15 Christopher K. Storm

As a generalization of orbit-polynomial and distance-regular graphs, we introduce the concept of a quotient-polynomial graph. In these graphs every vertex $u$ induces the same regular partition around $u$, where all vertices of each cell…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-06-16 M. A. Fiol

We consider the class of semi-transitively orientable graphs, which is a much larger class of graphs compared to transitively orientable graphs, in other words, comparability graphs. Ever since the concept of a semi-transitive orientation…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-07-04 Ilkyoo Choi , Jinha Kim , Minki Kim

Kochol (2021) gave a new expansion formula for the Tutte polynomial of a matroid using the notion of \emph{compatible sets}, and asked how this expansion relates to the internal-external activities formula. Here, we provide an answer, which…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-26 Laura Pierson

Given a set $F$ of oriented graphs, a graph $G$ is an $F$-graph if it admits an $F$-free orientation. Building on previous work by Bang-Jensen and Urrutia, we propose a master algorithm that determines if a graph admits an $F$-free…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-16 Santiago Guzmán-Pro , César Hernández-Cruz

The Tutte polynomial is a fundamental invariant associated to a graph, matroid, vector arrangement, or hyperplane arrangement. This short survey focuses on some of the most important results on Tutte polynomials of hyperplane arrangements.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-05 Federico Ardila

Many important enumerative invariants of a matroid can be obtained from its Tutte polynomial, and many more are determined by two stronger invariants, the $\mathcal{G}$-invariant and the configuration of the matroid. We show that the same…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-08-07 Joseph E. Bonin , Kevin Long

We consider the problem of classifying those graphs that arise as an undirected square of an oriented graph by generalising the notion of quasi-transitive directed graphs to mixed graphs. We fully classify those graphs of maximum degree…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-09 Christopher Duffy