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Maximal Pivots on Graphs with an Application to Gene Assembly

Combinatorics 2010-10-15 v3 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

We consider principal pivot transform (pivot) on graphs. We define a natural variant of this operation, called dual pivot, and show that both the kernel and the set of maximally applicable pivots of a graph are invariant under this operation. The result is motivated by and applicable to the theory of gene assembly in ciliates.

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@article{arxiv.0909.3789,
  title  = {Maximal Pivots on Graphs with an Application to Gene Assembly},
  author = {Robert Brijder and Hendrik Jan Hoogeboom},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.3789},
  year   = {2010}
}

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modest revision (including different latex style) w.r.t. v2, 16 pages, 5 figures

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