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We combinatorially prove a new recurrence between the Tutte polynomials of graphs obtained by contraction of the complete graphs $K_{n}$%. This generalizes, to two variables, a relation previously obtained by the author between the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-19 Vincent Brugidou

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

Morphisms of matroids are combinatorial abstractions of linear maps and graph homomorphisms. We introduce the notion of basis for morphisms of matroids, and show that its generating function is strongly log-concave. As a consequence, we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-04-02 Christopher Eur , June Huh

We give a convolution formula for the Tutte polynomial T_M (x,y) of a matroid M.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 W. Kook , V. Reiner , Dennis Stanton

We study algebraic properties of the Tutte polynomial of a matroid and its generalizations to other combinatorially defined bivariate polynomial invariants. Merino, de Mier and Noy showed that the Tutte polynomial of a connected matroid is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Andrew Goodall , Florent Jouve , Jean-Sébastien Sereni

This is a survey recent works on topological extensions of the Tutte polynomial.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-08-29 Sergei Chmutov

The multiplicity Tutte polynomial, which includes the arithmetic Tutte polynomial, is a generalization of the classical Tutte polynomial of matroids. In this paper, we obtain an expression of the general coefficient and the expressions of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-06 Xian'an Jin , Tianlong Ma , Weiling Yang

We use the equivariant cohomology ring of the permutohedral variety to study matroids and their invariants. Investigating the pushforward of matroid Chern classes defined by A. Berget, C. Eur, H. Spink and D. Tseng to the product space…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-25 Mario Bauer , Matěj Doležálek , Magdaléna Mišinová , Semen Słobodianiuk , Julian Weigert

Using a quantum field theory renormalization group-like differential equation, we give a new proof of the recipe theorem for the Tutte polynomial for matroids. The solution of such an equation is in fact given by some appropriate characters…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-08-20 Gérard H. E. Duchamp , Nguyen Hoang-Nghia , Thomas Krajewski , Adrian Tanasa

The Tutte polynomial is originally a bivariate polynomial which enumerates the colorings of a graph and of its dual graph. Ardila extended in 2007 the definition of the Tutte polynomial on the real hyperplane arrangements. He particularly…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-25 Hery Randriamaro

In this work, we study matroids over a domain and several classical combinatorial and algebraic invariants related. We define their Grothendieck-Tutte polynomial $T_{\mathcal{M}}(x,y)$, extending the definition given by Fink and Moci in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Alessio Borzì , Ivan Martino

The Tutte polynomial is an important invariant of graphs and matroids. Chen and Guo \emph{[Adv. in Appl. Math. 166 (2025) 102868.]} proved that for a $(k+1)$-edge connected graph $G$ and for any $i$ with $0\leq i <\frac{3(k+1)}{2}$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-29 Xiaxia Guan , Xian'an Jin , Tianlong Ma , Weihua Yang

The Tutte equations are ported (or set-pointed) when the equations F(N) = g_e F(N/e) + r_e F(N\e) are omitted for elements e in a distinguished set called ports. Solutions F can distinguish different orientations of the same matroid. A…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Seth Chaiken

We begin with a review of Tutte's homotopy theory, which concerns the structure of certain graph associated to a matroid (together with some extra data). Concretely, Tutte's path theorem asserts that this graph is connected, and his…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Matthew Baker , Tong Jin , Oliver Lorscheid

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

The classical Tutte polynomial is a two-variate polynomial $T_G(x,y)$ associated to graphs or more generally, matroids. In this paper, we introduce a polynomial $\widetilde{T}_H(x,y)$ associated to a bipartite graph $H$ that we call the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-05-08 Csongor Beke , Gergely Kál Csáji , Péter Csikvári , Sára Pituk

Many important invariants for matroids and polymatroids, such as the Tutte polynomial, the Billera-Jia-Reiner quasi-symmetric function, and the invariant $\mathcal G$ introduced by the first author, are valuative. In this paper we construct…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-08-27 Harm Derksen , Alex Fink

The Tutte polynomial is a classical invariant, important in combinatorics and statistical mechanics. An essential feature of the Tutte polynomial is the duality for planar graphs G, $T_G(X,Y)\; =\; {T}_{G^*}(Y,X)$ where $G^*$ denotes the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Vyacheslav Krushkal , David Renardy

The Tutte polynomial is a fundamental invariant of graphs. In this article, we define and study a generalization of the Tutte polynomial for directed graphs, that we name B-polynomial. The B-polynomial has three variables, but when…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-01-01 Jordan Awan , Olivier Bernardi

We introduce an arithmetic version of the multivariate Tutte polynomial, and (for representable arithmetic matroids) a quasi-polynomial that interpolates between the two. A generalized Fortuin-Kasteleyn representation with applications to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-01-17 Petter Brändén , Luca Moci