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Firstly, for a general graph, we find a recursion formula on the number of Hamiltonian cycles and one on cycles. By this result, we give some new polynomial invariants. Secondly, we give a condition to tell whether a polynomial defined by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-06-30 Yi Bo

We prove some functional equations involving the (classical) matching polynomials of path and cycle graphs and the $d$-matching polynomial of a cycle graph. A matching in a (finite) graph $G$ is a subset of edges no two of which share a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-10-16 Garner Cochran , Corbin Groothuis , Andrew Herring , Ranjan Rohatgi , Eric Stucky

We raise some questions about graph polynomials, highlighting concepts and phenomena that may merit consideration in the development of a general theory. Our questions are mainly of three types: When do graph polynomials have reduction…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-25 Graham Farr , Kerri Morgan

Graph polynomials are deemed useful if they give rise to algebraic characterizations of various graph properties, and their evaluations encode many other graph invariants. Algebraic: The complete graphs $K_n$ and the complete bipartite…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-03-03 T. Kotek , J. A. Makowsky , E. V. Ravve

The Hamiltonian cycle polynomial can be evaluated to count the number of Hamiltonian cycles in a graph. It can also be viewed as a list of all spanning cycles of length $n$. We adopt the latter perspective and present a pair of original…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-06 Hamilton Sawczuk , Edinah Gnang

Graph polynomials encode fundamental combinatorial invariants of graphs. Their computation is investigated using tree and path decomposition frameworks, with formal definitions of treewidth, k-trees, and pathwidth establishing the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Mehul Bafna , Shaghik Amirian

In this paper it is shown that it is possible to associate several polynomial ideals to a directed graph $D$ in order to find properties of it. In fact by using algebraic tools it is possible to give appropriate procedures for automatic…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Giuseppa Carrá Ferro , Daniela Ferrarello

In this paper, we will show dichotomy theorems for the computation of polynomials corresponding to evaluation of graph homomorphisms in Valiant's model. We are given a fixed graph $H$ and want to find all graphs, from some graph class,…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2014-12-02 Christian Engels

We show that any graph polynomial from a wide class of graph polynomials yields a recurrence relation on an infinite class of families of graphs. The recurrence relations we obtain have coefficients which themselves satisfy linear…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-09-17 Tomer Kotek , Johann A. Makowsky

We define a trivariate polynomial combining the NL-coflow and the NL-flow polynomial, which build a dual pair counting acyclic colorings of directed graphs, in the more general setting of regular oriented matroids.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-28 Winfried Hochstättler , Johanna Wiehe

A polynomial time algorithm which detects all paths and cycles of all lengths in form of vertex pairs (start, finish).

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2007-09-10 Sergey Gubin

In this paper we count the number of paths and cycles in complete graphs by using the number $e$. Also, we compute the number of derangements in same way. Connection by $e$ yields some nice formulas for the number of derangements, such as…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Mehdi Hassani

A general procedure which defines a partial ordering of cyclic permutations induced by continuous maps is known for constructing immediate successors to a cycle. We expound on this procedure in terms of labelled digraphs and characteristic…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-10-08 Yoshifumi Takenouchi , Richell Celeste

We establish a set of recursion relations for the coefficients in the chromatic polynomial of a graph or a hypergraph. As an application we provide a generalization of Whitney's broken cycle theorem for hypergraphs, as well as deriving an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-01-04 Bergfinnur Durhuus , Angelo Lucia

This paper surveys a comprehensive, although not exhaustive, sampling of graph polynomials with the goal of providing a brief overview of a variety of techniques defining a graph polynomial and then for decoding the combinatorial…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-07-01 Joanna Ellis-Monaghan , Criel Merino

Graph polynomials are graph parameters invariant under graph isomorphisms which take values in a polynomial ring with a fixed finite number of indeterminates. We study graph polynomials from a model theoretic point of view. In this paper we…

Logic · Mathematics 2018-05-24 J. A. Makowsky , E. V. Ravve , T. Kotek

We constructed a few non-derogatory digraphs by adding arcs to a directed cycle and computed their characteristic polynomials and exponents.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-07-10 A. Satyanarayana Reddy

Cyclically ordered graphs, or cogs, sit between abstract graphs and cellularly embedded graphs. They arise naturally in topological graph theory, knot theory, and mathematical biology. We develop a formal theory of cogs and establish a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-18 Paul Bratch , M. N. Ellingham , Joanna A. Ellis-Monaghan , Iain Moffatt , Wout Moltmaker

The independence polynomial of a hypergraph is the generating function for its independent (vertex) sets with respect to their cardinality. This article aims to discuss several recurrence relations for the independence polynomial using some…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-06-12 Martin Trinks

For a graph embedded into a surface, we relate many combinatorial parameters of the cycle matroid of the graph and the bond matroid of the dual graph with the topological parameters of the embedding. This will give an expression of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-17 R. Askanazi , S. Chmutov , C. Estill , J. Michel , P. Stollenwerk
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