Proving some conjectures on Kekul\'{e} numbers for certain benzenoids by using Chebyshev polynomials

DOI10.1016/J.AAM.2022.102479MaRDI QIDQ6387697arXivWikidataFDO

Authors Guoce Xin, Yueming Zhong

Publication date 7 January 2022

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) (n)-dimensional polytopes (52B11) Graph labelling (graceful graphs, bandwidth, etc.) (05C78) Molecular structure (graph-theoretic methods, methods of differential topology, etc.) (92E10) Chemical graph theory (05C92)

Abstract: In chemistry, Cyvin-Gutman enumerates Kekul'{e} numbers for certain benzenoids and record it as $A050446$ on OEIS. This number is exactly the two variable array $T(n,m)$ defined by the recursion $T(n,m)=T(n,m-1)+su{m}_{k=0}^{lfloorfracn-12floor}T(2k,m-1)T(n-1-2k,m)$, where $T(n,0)=T(0,m)=1$ for all nonnegative integers $m,n$. Interestingly, this number also appeared in the context of weighted graphs, graph polytopes, magic labellings, and unit primitive matrices, studied by different authors. Several interesting conjectures were made on the OEIS. These conjectures are related to both the row and column generating function of $T(n,m)$. In this paper, give explicit formula of the column generating function, which is also the generating function $F(n,x)$ studied by B'{o}na, Ju, and Yoshida. We also get trig function representations by using Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind. This allows us to prove all these conjectures.

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