The distance-dependent two-point function of quadrangulations: a new derivation by direct recursion (Q2360107)

The article is divided into \(6\) sections of which Section 2 includes basic definitions and a relationship existing between the distance-dependent two-point function of planar quadrangulations and the generating functions of particular slices. In Section 3, a direct recursion relation for the slice generating functions, based on the definition of a particular \textit{dividing line} drawn on the slices and on a decomposition of the slices along this line. A simplified recursion is explained in Section 4, by reducing the problem to slice generating functions for quadrangulations without multiple edges. Section 5 is devoted to solve these relations. The paper concludes in the final section by giving some final remarks.