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Graphical models represent multivariate and generally not normalized probability distributions. Computing the normalization factor, called the partition function, is the main inference challenge relevant to multiple statistical and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-01 Michael Chertkov , Vladimir Chernyak , Yury Maximov

We consider the dimer model on a bipartite graph embedded into a locally flat Riemann surface with conical singularities and satisfying certain geometric conditions in the spirit of the work of [Chelkak, Laslier and Russkikh, Proceedings of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Mikhail Basok

We formulate a natural model of current loops and magnetic monopoles for arbitrary planar graphs, which we call the monopole-dimer model, and express the partition function of this model as a determinant. We then extend the method of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-18 Arvind Ayyer

We show that a discrete harmonic function which is bounded on a large portion of a periodic planar graph is constant. A key ingredient is a new unique continuation result for the weighted graph Laplacian. The proof relies on the structure…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Ahmed Bou-Rabee , William Cooperman , Shirshendu Ganguly

Let R be any subring of the reals. We present a generalization of linear systems on graphs where divisors are R-valued functions on the set of vertices and graph edges are permitted to have nonegative weights in R. Using this…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2017-11-13 Rodney James , Rick Miranda

We consider a refinement of the partition function of graph homomorphisms and present a quasi-polynomial algorithm to compute it in a certain domain. As a corollary, we obtain quasi-polynomial algorithms for computing partition functions…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-08-04 Alexander Barvinok , Pablo Soberón

We consider the Potts model in a magnetic field on an arbitrary graph $G$. Using a formula of F. Y. Wu for the partition function $Z$ of this model as a sum over spanning subgraphs of $G$, we prove some properties of $Z$ concerning…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-13 Shu-Chiuan Chang , Robert Shrock

This paper presents sufficient graph-theoretic conditions for injectivity of collections of differentiable functions on rectangular subsets of R^n. The results have implications for the possibility of multiple fixed points of maps and…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2010-04-30 Murad Banaji

We study the problem of deterministic approximate counting of matchings and independent sets in graphs of bounded connective constant. More generally, we consider the problem of evaluating the partition functions of the monomer-dimer model…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-10-10 Alistair Sinclair , Piyush Srivastava , Daniel Štefankovič , Yitong Yin

Isoradial dimer models were introduced in \cite{Kenyon3} - they consist of dimer models whose underlying graph satisfies a simple geometric condition, and whose weight function is chosen accordingly. In this paper, we prove a conjecture of…

Probability · Mathematics 2009-02-11 Béatrice de Tilière

Based on a technique of Barvinok and Barvinok and Sober\'on we identify a class of edge-coloring models whose partition functions do not evaluate to zero on bounded degree graphs. Subsequently we give a quasi-polynomial time approximation…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Guus Regts

Graph signal processing benefits significantly from the direct and highly adaptable supplementary techniques offered by partition of unity methods (PUMs) on graphs. In our approach, we demonstrate the generation of a partition of unity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-10 Roberto Cavoretto , Alessandra De Rossi , Sandro Lancellotti , Federico Romaniello

Galluccio--Loebl and Tesler showed that the perfect-matching polynomial of a graph embedded in an orientable surface of genus $g$ can be written as a linear combination of at most $4^g$ Pfaffians. We show that, in general, exponentially…

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We show that the partition function of the Ponzano-Regge quantum gravity model can be written as a sum over surfaces in a $(2+1)$ dimensional space-time. We suggest a geometrical meaning, in terms of surfaces, for the (regulated)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 Junichi Iwasaki

This paper introduces a novel meshfree methodology based on Radial Basis Function-Finite Difference (RBF-FD) approximations for the numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDEs) on surfaces of codimension 1 embedded in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Víctor Bayona , Argyrios Petras , Cécile Piret , Steven J. Ruuth

The aim of this paper is to prove a uniform Fourier restriction estimate for certain $2-$dimensional surfaces in $\mathbb R^{2n}$. These surfaces are the image of complex polynomial curves $\gamma(z) = (p_1(z), \dots, p_n(z))$, equipped…

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This paper intends to give a mathematical explanation for results on the zeta-function of some families of varieties recently obtained in the context of Mirror Symmetry. In doing so, we obtain concrete and explicit examples for some results…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2008-08-01 Remke Kloosterman

We study the stochastic six-vertex model in half-space with generic integrable boundary weights, and define two families of multivariate rational symmetric functions. Using commutation relations between double-row operators, we prove a skew…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Alexandr Garbali , Jan de Gier , William Mead , Michael Wheeler

We generalize the natural duality of graphs embedded into a surface to a duality with respect to a subset of edges. The dual graph might be embedded into a different surface. We prove a relation between the signed Bollobas-Riordan…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-12-16 Sergei Chmutov