Title
Congruence conditions, parcels, and Tutte polynomials of graphs and matroids
Abstract
Let G be a matrix and M(G) be the matroid defined by linear dependence on the set E of column vectors of G. Roughly speaking, a parcel is a subset of pairs (f,g) of functions defined on E to a suitable Abelian group A satisfying a coboundary condition (that the difference f-g is a flow over A of G) and a congruence condition (that an algebraic or combinatorial function of f and g, such as the sum of the size of the supports of f and g, satisfies some congruence condition). We prove several theorems of the form: a linear combination of sizes of parcels, with coefficients roots of unity, equals a multiple of an evaluation of the Tutte polynomial of M(G) at a point (u,v), usually with complex coordinates, satisfying (u-1)(v-1)=|A|.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1016/j.jctb.2012.04.003
J. Comb. Theory, Ser. B
Keywords
Field
DocType
linear combination,congruence condition,tutte polynomial,linear dependence,matroid,column vector,combinatorial function,difference f-g,parcel,coefficients root,coboundary condition,. flows,set e,roots of unity,abelian group,satisfiability,flow
Matroid,Abelian group,Linear combination,Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Algebraic number,Polynomial,Tutte polynomial,Root of unity,Congruence (geometry),Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
102
4
0095-8956
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
5
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Joseph P. S. Kung17820.60