Edge colouring models for the Tutte polynomial and related graph invariants

dc.creatorGoodall, Andrew J.
dc.date2007-07-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:18:32Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:18:32Z
dc.descriptionFor integer q>1, we derive edge q-colouring models for (i) the Tutte polynomial of a graph G on the hyperbola H_q, (ii) the symmetric weight enumerator of the set of group-valued q-flows of G, and (iii) a more general vertex colouring model partition function that includes these polynomials and the principal specialization order q of Stanley's symmetric monochrome polynomial. In the second half of the paper we exhibit a family of non-symmetric edge q-colouring models defined on k-regular graphs, whose partition functions for q >= k each evaluate the number of proper edge k-colourings of G when G is Pfaffian.
dc.description33 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0707.2297
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0707.2297
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/134467
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subject05C15
dc.titleEdge colouring models for the Tutte polynomial and related graph invariants
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