Holomorphic quadratic differentials on graphs and the chromatic polynomial

DOI10.1016/J.JCTA.2019.105140zbMATH Open1428.05143arXiv1803.00115OpenAlexW2976375769WikidataQ127209383 ScholiaQ127209383MaRDI QIDQ2010640FDOQ2010640

Wai Yeung Lam, Richard Kenyon

Publication date: 27 November 2019

Published in: Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study "holomorphic quadratic differentials" on graphs. We relate them to the reactive power in an LC circuit, and also to the chromatic polynomial of a graph. Specifically, we show that the chromatic polynomial $chi$ of a graph $G$, at negative integer values, can be evaluated as the degree of a certain rational mapping, arising from the defining equations for a holomorphic quadratic differential. This allows us to give an explicit integral expression for $chi(-k)$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.00115

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zbMATH Keywords

Laplacianchromatic polynomialquadratic differentialLCR circuit

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graph polynomials (05C31) Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs (05C15) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10)

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