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We consider all spanning trees of a complete simple graph $\Gamma$ on $n$ vertices that contain a given $m-$forest $F$. We show that the number of such spanning trees, $\tau(F)$, doesn't depend on the structure of $F$ and is completely…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-10-18 Peter J. Cameron , Michael Kagan

This paper is devoted to one theory of hypergraph connectivity and presents the proof of the polynomial algorithm for finding an optimal spanning hyperforest(hypertree) for any given weighed q-uniform hypergraph.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Alik Abakarov , Yuri Sushkov

In order to use the Gaussian representation for propagators in Feynman amplitudes, a representation which is useful to relate string theory and field theory, one has to prove first that each $\alpha$- parameter (where $\alpha$ is the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Hong Tuan

We call a tree $T$ is \emph{even} if every pair of its leaves is joined by a path of even length. Jackson and Yoshimoto~[J. Graph Theory, 2024] conjectured that every $r$-regular nonbipartite connected graph $G$ has a spanning even tree.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-11 Jiangdong Ai , Zhipeng Gao , Xiangzhou Liu , Jun Yue

For $d\ge 2$ and an odd prime power $q$, consider the vector space $\mathbb{F}_q^d$ over the finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$, where the distance between two points $(x_1,\ldots,x_d)$ and $(y_1,\ldots,y_d)$ is defined as $\sum_{i=1}^d…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-14 Debsoumya Chakraborti , Ben Lund

We classify connected spanning convex subgraphs of the square cycles. We then show that every spanning tree of $C_n^2$ is contained in a unique nontrivial connected spanning convex subgraph of $C_n^2$. As a result, we obtain a purely…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-02-21 Akihiro Munemasa , Yuuho Tanaka

The problem of spanning trees is closely related to various interesting problems in the area of statistical physics, but determining the number of spanning trees in general networks is computationally intractable. In this paper, we perform…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-04-23 Zhongzhi Zhang , Bin Wu , Yuan Lin

In 1966, Cummins introduced the "tree graph": the tree graph $\mathbf{T}(G)$ of a graph $G$ (possibly infinite) has all its spanning trees as vertices, and distinct such trees correspond to adjacent vertices if they differ in just one edge,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-21 Suresh Dara , S. M. Hegde , Venkateshwarlu Deva , S. B. Rao , Thomas Zaslavsky

We describe in this note a new invariant of rooted trees. We argue that the invariant is interesting on it own, and that it has connections to knot theory and homological algebra. However, the real reason that we propose this invariant to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-12-11 Jozef H. Przytycki

The search of spanning trees with interesting disjunction properties has led to the introduction of edge-disjoint spanning trees, independent spanning trees and more recently completely independent spanning trees. We group together these…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-02-28 Benoit Darties , Nicolas Gastineau , Olivier Togni

The Jones polynomial can be expressed in terms of spanning trees of the graph obtained by checkerboard coloring a knot diagram. We show there exists a complex generated by these spanning trees whose homology is the reduced Khovanov…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-04-22 Abhijit Champanerkar , Ilya Kofman

A spanning tree of a graph $G$ is a connected acyclic spanning subgraph of $G$. We consider enumeration of spanning trees when $G$ is a $2$-tree, meaning that $G$ is obtained from one edge by iteratively adding a vertex whose neighborhood…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-07-21 P. Renjith , N. Sadagopan , Douglas B. West

The tree spanner problem for a graph $G$ is as follows: For a given integer $k$, is there a spanning tree $T$ of $G$ (called a tree $k$-spanner) such that the distance in $T$ between every pair of vertices is at most $k$ times their…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-07 Lan Lin , Yixun Lin

If $G$ is a strongly connected finite directed graph, the set $\mathcal{T}G$ of rooted directed spanning trees of $G$ is naturally equipped with a structure of directed graph: there is a directed edge from any spanning tree to any other…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-09-18 Philippe Biane , Guillaume Chapuy

We present a determinantal formula for the number of spanning trees of a complete multipartite graph containing a given spanning forest $F$. Our approach relies on the Generalized Matrix Determinant Lemma and Jacobi's formula for the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-04 Wei Wang , Jun Ge

In this paper, we address the Ehrenborg's conjecture which proposes that for any bipartite graph the number of spanning trees does not exceed the product of the degrees of the vertices divided by the product of the sizes of the graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-09-16 Albina Volkova

Masbaum and Vaintrob's "Pfaffian matrix tree theorem" implies that counting spanning trees of a 3-uniform hypergraph (abbreviated to 3-graph) can be done in polynomial time for a class of "3-Pfaffian" 3-graphs, comparable to and related to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-02-18 Andrew Goodall , Anna de Mier

We prove a conjecture of Shteiner and Shteyner stating that for a bipartite graph $G=(V,E)$, the number of forests in $G$ equals the number of degree sequences arising from its spanning subgraphs. In the process, we provide several…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Darij Grinberg , Benjamin Liber

The number of spanning trees of a graph $G$, denoted $\tau(G)$, is a well studied graph parameter with numerous connections to other areas of mathematics. In a recent remarkable paper, answering a question of Sedl\'a\v{c}ek from 1969, Chan,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Noga Alon , Matija Bucić , Lior Gishboliner

Given an undirected graph $G=(V,E)$, and a designated vertex $q\in V$, the notion of a $G$-parking function (with respect to $q$) was independently developed and studied by various authors, and has recently gained renewed attention. This…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-03-01 Brian Benson , Deeparnab Chakrabarty , Prasad Tetali