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

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Authors Pjotr Buys

Publication date 13 March 2019

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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.

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