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Chip-firing on graphs of groups

Combinatorics 2023-07-27 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We define the Laplacian matrix and the Jacobian group of a finite graph of groups. We prove analogues of the matrix tree theorem and the class number formula for the order of the Jacobian of a graph of groups. Given a group GG acting on a graph XX, we define natural pushforward and pullback maps between the Jacobian groups of XX and the quotient graph of groups X/ ⁣/GX/\!/G. For the case G=Z/2ZG=\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}, we also prove a combinatorial formula for the order of the kernel of the pushforward map.

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@article{arxiv.2307.03348,
  title  = {Chip-firing on graphs of groups},
  author = {Margaret Meyer and Dmitry Zakharov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.03348},
  year   = {2023}
}
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