Harmonic vectors and matrix tree theorems

DOI10.4310/JOC.2014.V5.N2.A3zbMATH Open1306.05011arXiv1309.4047OpenAlexW2963458853MaRDI QIDQ477973FDOQ477973

Authors: Siddhartha Sahi 

Publication date: 10 December 2014

Published in: Journal of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The paper describes an explicit combinatorial formula for a harmonic vector for the Laplacian of a directed graph with arbitrary edge weights. This result was motivated by questions from mathematical economics, and the formula plays a crucial role in forthcoming joint work of the author on the emergence of prices and money in an exchange economy. It turns out that the formula is closely related to well-studied problems in graph theory, in particular to the so-called matrix tree theorem due to W. Tutte and independently to R. Bott and J. Mayberry. As a further application of our considerations, we obtain a short new proof of both the matrix tree theorem as well as its generalization due to S. Chaiken.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.4047

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zbMATH Keywords

discrete Laplacianmarket mechanismsmatrix tree theoremall minors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and linear algebra (matrices, eigenvalues, etc.) (05C50) Directed graphs (digraphs), tournaments (05C20) Auctions, bargaining, bidding and selling, and other market models (91B26) Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Signed and weighted graphs (05C22) Enumeration in graph theory (05C30) Microeconomic theory (price theory and economic markets) (91B24)

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• An elementary proof of a matrix tree theorem for directed graphs
• Money as minimal complexity
• Graphical exchange mechanisms
• On Kirchhoff's theorems with coefficients in a line bundle

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