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Motivated by Khovanov homology and relations between the Jones polynomial and graph polynomials, we construct a homology theory for embedded graphs from which the chromatic polynomial can be recovered as the Euler characteristic. For plane…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-03-01 Martin Loebl , Iain Moffatt

A celebrated result of F. Jaeger states that the Tutte polynomial of a planar graph is determined by the HOMFLY polynomial of an associated link. Here we are interested in the converse of this result. We consider the question `to what…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-06-30 Iain Moffatt

Boesch, Li, and Suffel were the first to identify the existence of uniformly optimally reliable graphs (UOR graphs), graphs which maximize all-terminal reliability over all graphs with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges. The all-terminal…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-05 Nathan Kahl , Kristi Luttrell

Polynomial algorithms are given for the following two problems: given a graph with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, where $m \ge 3 n^{3/2}$, find a complete balanced bipartite subgraph with parts about $\ln n/(\ln (n^2/m))$, given a graph with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-05-18 D. Mubayi , G. Turan

Connected bipartite graphs whose binomial edge ideals are Cohen--Macaulay have been classified by Bolognini et al. In this paper, we compute the depth, Castelnuovo--Mumford regularity, and dimension of the generalized binomial edge ideals…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2023-05-10 Yi-Huang Shen , Guangjun Zhu

In this paper, we investigate the degree of $h$-polynomials of edge ideals of finite simple graphs. In particular, we provide combinatorial formulas for the degree of the $h$-polynomial for various fundamental classes of graphs such as…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2024-08-26 Jennifer Biermann , Selvi Kara , Augustine O'Keefe , Joseph Skelton , Gabriel Sosa

We introduce the multigraded Hilbert scheme, which parametrizes all homogeneous ideals with fixed Hilbert function in a polynomial ring that is graded by any abelian group. Our construction is widely applicable, it provides explicit…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Mark Haiman , Bernd Sturmfels

In this note we introduce a family of polynomials on a matroid derived from chain Tutte polynomials which generalize the classic and ubiquitous characteristic polynomial. We show that the coefficients of these polynomials alternate and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-08 Gary Lazzaro , Max Wakefield , Jason Weiss

Identities obtained by elementary finite Fourier analysis are used to derive a variety of evaluations of the Tutte polynomial of a graph G at certain points (a,b) where (a-1)(b-1) equals 2 or 4. These evaluations are expressed in terms of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-09-20 Andrew J. Goodall

Recently O. Bernardi gave a formula for the Tutte polynomial $T(x,y)$ of a graph, based on spanning trees and activities just like the original definition, but using a fixed ribbon structure to order the set of edges in a different way for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-01-01 Tamás Kálmán , Lilla Tóthmérész

Recently V. Krushkal and D. Renardy generalized the Tutte polynomial from graphs to cell complexes. We show that evaluating this polynomial at the origin gives the number of cellular spanning trees in the sense of A. Duval, C. Klivans, and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-12-17 Carlos Bajo , Bradley Burdick , Sergei Chmutov

For each positive integer n, Khovanov and Rozansky constructed an invariant of links in the form of a doubly-graded cohomology theory whose Euler characteristic is the sl(n) link polynomial. We use Lagrangian Floer cohomology on some…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Ciprian Manolescu

We provide a unique decomposition of every 4-connected graph into parts that are either quasi-5-connected, cycles of triangle-torsos and 3-connected torsos on $\leq 5$ vertices, generalised double-wheels, or thickened $K_{4,m}$'s. The…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-12 Jan Kurkofka , Tim Planken

We find new properties of the topological transition polynomial of embedded graphs, $Q(G)$. We use these properties to explain the striking similarities between certain evaluations of Bollob\'as and Riordan's ribbon graph polynomial,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-06-10 Joanna A. Ellis-Monaghan , Iain Moffatt

We introduce the notions of arithmetic colorings and arithmetic flows over a graph with labelled edges, which generalize the notions of colorings and flows over a graph. We show that the corresponding arithmetic chromatic polynomial and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-08-30 Michele D'Adderio , Luca Moci

Polynomials on stranded graphs are higher dimensional generalization of Tutte and Bollob\'as-Riordan polynomials [Math. Ann. 323 (2002), 81-96]. Here, we deepen the analysis of the polynomial invariant defined on rank 3 weakly-colored…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-03-24 Remi Cocou Avohou

We propose a definition of an Euler characteristic for unbounded chain complexes by taking the (usual) Euler characteristics of successively longer parts of the complex, weighted inversely proportional to the length, and passing to the…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2026-04-16 Thomas Huettemann , Dan Kucerovsky

Motivated by a conjecture of Gy\'arf\'as, recently B\"ottcher, Hladk\'y, Piguet, and Taraz showed that every collection $T_1,\dots,T_t$ of trees on $n$ vertices with $\sum_{i=1}^te(T_i)\leq \binom{n}{2}$ and with bounded maximum degree, can…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-04-20 Silvia Messuti , Vojtěch Rödl , Mathias Schacht

We characterise the digraphs for which the multipaths, that is disjoint unions of directed paths, yield a matroid. For such graphs, called MP-digraphs, we prove that the Tutte polynomial of the multipath matroid is related to counting…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-24 Luigi Caputi , Carlo Collari , Sabino Di Trani

The generalized degree polynomial $\mathbf{G}_T(x,y,z)$ of a tree $T$ is an invariant introduced by Crew that enumerates subsets of vertices by size and number of internal and boundary edges. Aliste-Prieto et al. proved that $\mathbf{G}_T$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-15 Ricky Ini Liu , Michael Tang