On the location of roots of the independence polynomial of bounded degree graphs

arXiv1903.05462MaRDI QIDQ6315530FDOQ6315530

Authors: Pjotr Buys 

Publication date: 13 March 2019

Abstract: In [1] Peters and Regts confirmed a conjecture by Sokal by showing that for every $Deltainmathbb{Z}_{geq3}$ there exists a complex neighborhood of the interval $left[0,fracleft(Delta-1ight{)}^{Delta-1}left(Delta-2ight{)}^{D}eltaight)$ on which the independence polynomial is nonzero for all graphs of maximum degree $Delta$. Furthermore, they gave an explicit neighborhood $U_{D}elta$ containing this interval on which the independence polynomial is nonzero for all finite rooted Cayley trees with branching number $Delta$. The question remained whether $U_{D}elta$ would be zero-free for the independence polynomial of all graphs of maximum degree $Delta$. In this paper it is shown that this is not the case. [1] Han Peters and Guus Regts, On a conjecture of sokal concerning roots of the independence polynomial, Michigan Math. J. (2019), Advance publication.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graph polynomials (05C31) Dynamics of complex polynomials, rational maps, entire and meromorphic functions; Fatou and Julia sets (37F10)

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