On computation of Baker and Norine's rank on complete graphs (Q252840)

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On computation of Baker and Norine's rank on complete graphs
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    On computation of Baker and Norine's rank on complete graphs (English)
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    4 March 2016
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    Summary: \textit{M. Baker} and \textit{S. Norine} [Adv. Math. 215, No. 2, 766--788 (2007; Zbl 1124.05049)] introduced a new parameter on configurations of graphs and gave a new result in the theory of graphs which has an algebraic geometry flavor. This result was called Riemann-Roch formula for graphs since it defines a combinatorial version of divisors and their ranks in terms of configurations on graphs. The so called chip firing game on graphs and the sandpile model in physics play a central role in this theory. In this paper we present an algorithm for the determination of the rank of configurations for the complete graph \(K_n\). This algorithm has linear arithmetic complexity. The analysis of number of iterations in a less optimized version of this algorithm leads to an apparently new parameter which we call the prerank. This parameter and the parameter dinv provide an alternative description to some well known \(q,t\)-Catalan numbers. Restricted to a natural subset of configurations, the two natural statistics degree and rank lead to a distribution which is described by a generating function which, up to a change of variables and a rescaling, is a symmetric fraction involving two copies of Carlitz \(q\)-analogue of the Catalan numbers. In annex, we give an alternative presentation of the theorem of Baker and Norine in purely combinatorial terms.
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    chip firing game
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    sand pile
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