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Let $T$ be a tree. Suppose $\lambda$ is an eigenvalue of the Laplacian matrix of $T$ with multiplicity $m_{T}(\lambda)$. It is known that $m_{T}(\lambda) \leq p(T)-1$, where $p(T)$ is the number of pendant vertices of $T$. In this paper, we…
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(DRAFT VERSION) In this article we present a proof of the famous Kirchoff's Matrix-Tree theorem, which relates the number of spanning trees in a connected graph with the cofactors (and eigenvalues) of its combinatorial Laplacian matrix.…
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