The Grassmann-Berezin calculus and theorems of the matrix-tree type (Q1883393): Difference between revisions

Two generalizations of the matrix-tree theorem are proposed. The first one, a result essentially due to Moon for which a new proof is provided, extends the ``all minors'' matrix-tree theorem to the ``massive'' case where no condition on row or column sums is imposed. The second generalization, which is new, extends the recently discovered Pfaffian-tree theorem of Masbaum and Vaintrob into a ``hyper-Pfaffian-cactus'' theorem. The proof method is non-inductive, explicit and makes use of the Grassmann-Berezin calculus that was developed for the needs of modern theoretical physics.