Chip-firing on graphs of groups

MaRDI QIDQ6442910zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Margaret Meyer, D. D. Zakharov

Publication date 6 July 2023

Abstract: We define the Laplacian matrix and the Jacobian group of a finite graph of groups. We prove analogues of the matrix tree theorem and the class number formula for the order of the Jacobian of a graph of groups. Given a group $G$ acting on a graph $X$, we define natural pushforward and pullback maps between the Jacobian groups of $X$ and the quotient graph of groups $X/!/G$. For the case $G=mathbbZ/2mathbbZ$, we also prove a combinatorial formula for the order of the kernel of the pushforward map.

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