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A mixed graph can be seen as a type of digraph containing some edges (two opposite arcs). Here we introduce the concept of sequence mixed graphs, which is a generalization of both sequence graphs and iterated line digraphs. These structures…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-10-13 C. Dalfó , M. A. Fiol , N. López

We introduce a new matroid (graph) invariant, the arboricity polynomial. Given a matroid, the arboricity polynomial enumerates the number of covers of the ground set by disjoint independent sets. We establish the polynomiality of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-05-09 Felix Breuer , Caroline J Klivans

Some polynomials $P$ with rational coefficients give rise to well defined maps between cyclic groups, $\Z_q\longrightarrow\Z_r$, $x+q\Z\longmapsto P(x)+r\Z$. More generally, there are polynomials in several variables with tuples of rational…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2021-02-11 Uwe Schauz

This note summarizes the state of what is known about the tractability of the problem ModPath, which asks if an input undirected graph contains a simple st-path whose length satisfies modulo constraints. We also consider the problem…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Antoine Amarilli

Distinctive power of the alliance polynomial has been studied in previous works, for instance, it has been proved that the empty, path, cycle, complete, complete without one edge and star graphs are characterized by its alliance polynomial.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-01-07 Walter Carballosa , Omar Rosario , José M. Sigarreta , Yadira Torres-Nuñez

Counterparts of several classical results of number theory are proven for the ring of polynomials with coefficients in a number field. A theorem of Milnor that determines the Witt ring of a function field is applied to prove an analogue of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-07-09 William Duke

For a simple graph $G$, let $\chi(G,x)$ denote the chromatic polynomial of $G$. This manuscript introduces some polynomials which are related to chromatic polynomial and their relations.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-07-17 Fengming Dong

Let $\Phi(x,y)$ be a bivariate polynomial with complex coefficients. The zeroes of $\Phi(x,y)$ are given a combinatorial structure by considering them as arcs of a directed graph $G(\Phi)$. This paper studies some relationship between the…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Josep M. Brunat , Antonio Montes

We present an algorithm to compute path homology for simple digraphs, and use it to topologically analyze various small digraphs en route to an analysis of complex temporal networks which exhibit such digraphs as underlying motifs. The…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-01-15 Samir Chowdhury , Steve Huntsman , Matvey Yutin

We present an example of a result in graph theory that is used to obtain a result in another branch of mathematics. More precisely, we show that the isomorphism of certain directed graphs implies that some trinomials over finite fields have…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-04-23 Robert S. Coulter , Stefaan De Winter , Alex Kodess , Felix Lazebnik

We use purely combinatorial arguments to give a formula to compute all graded Betti numbers of path ideals of line graphs and cycles. As a consequence we can give new and short proofs for the known formulas of regularity and projective…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2017-03-09 Ali Alilooee , Sara Faridi

In this paper we introduce a path complex that can be regarded as a generalization of the notion of a simplicial complex. The main motivation for considering path complexes comes from directed graphs(digraphs). We obtain a new notion of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-05-14 Alexander Grigor'yan , Yong Lin , Yuri Muranov , Shing-Tung Yau

We present an algebraic theory of orthogonal polynomials in several variables that includes classical orthogonal polynomials as a special case. Our bottom line is a straightforward connection between apolarity of binary forms and the inner…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2014-10-20 Pasquale Petrullo , Domenico Senato , Rosaria Simone

The modular decomposition of a graph is a canonical representation of its modules. Algorithms for computing the modular decomposition of directed and undirected graphs differ significantly, with the undirected case being simpler, and…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-10-13 Henning Koehler

The $k$-th power of the adjacency matrix of a simple undirected graph represents the number of walks with length $k$ between pairs of nodes. As a walk where no node repeats, a path is a walk where each node is only visited once. The set of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-09-20 Ivan Jokić , Piet Van Mieghem

In this survey of graph polynomials, we emphasize the Tutte polynomial and a selection of closely related graph polynomials. We explore some of the Tutte polynomial's many properties and applications and we use the Tutte polynomial to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-06-28 Joanna Ellis-Monaghan , Criel Merino

The simple connected graphs may be classified by their cycle composition (number and lengths of cycles). This work derives the counting series of the simple connected graphs that have cycles of unrestricted number and length, but no…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-08-21 Richard J. Mathar

In the recent years, several polynomial algorithms of a dynamical nature have been proposed to address the graph isomorphism problem. In this paper we propose a generalization of an approach exposed in cond-mat/0209112 and find that this…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Marats Golovkins

We give a method of generating strongly polynomial sequences of graphs, i.e., sequences $(H_{\mathbf{k}})$ indexed by a multivariate parameter $\mathbf{k}=(k_1,\ldots, k_h)$ such that, for each fixed graph $G$, there is a multivariate…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-08-20 Delia Garijo , Andrew Goodall , Jaroslav Nesetril

A graphical model provides a compact and efficient representation of the association structure of a multivariate distribution by means of a graph. Relevant features of the distribution are represented by vertices, edges and other…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2020-09-03 Alberto Roverato , Robert Castelo