Further Investigations Involving Rook Polynomials With Only Real Zeros

We study the zeros of two families of polynomials related to rook theory and matchings in graphs. One of these families is based on the cover polynomial of a digraph introduced by Chung and Graham . Another involves a version of the ‘hit polynomial’ of rook theory, but which applies to weighted matchings in (non-bipartite) graphs. For both of these families we prove a result which is analogous to a theorem of the author, K. Ono, and D. G. Wagner, namely that for Ferrers boards the hit polynomial has only real zeros. We also show that for each of these families there is a general conjecture involving arrays of numbers satisfying inequalities which contains these theorems as special cases. We provide evidence for the truth of these conjectures by proving other special cases and discussing computational experiments.     

Rook Theory—IV. Orthogonal Sequences of Rook Polynomials

We explain combinatorially the occurrence of certain classical sequences of orthogonal polynomials as sequences of rook polynomials, and we give some new examples related to general stairstep boards.     

Rook placements and cellular decomposition of partition varieties

In this paper, we study the geometric implication of rook length polynomials introduced in the author's thesis. We introduce the idea of partition varieties. These are certain algebraic varieties which have CW-complex structures. We prove that the cell structure of a partition variety is in one-to-one correspondence with rook placements on a Ferrers board defined by a corresponding partition. This correspondence enables one to characterize the geometric attachment between a cell and the closure of another cell combinatorially. The main result of this paper is that the Poincaré polynomial of cohomology for a partition variety is given by the corresponding rook length polynomial.

This paper serves as a transition of our studies from combinatorial aspects to the geometric aspects. To make the transition accessible, we give three appendices on the known results on Grassmann manifolds and flag manifolds which are used frequently. One appendix is on a technical lemma on embeddings of manifolds.     

On chromatic and flow polynomial unique graphs

It is known that the chromatic polynomial and flow polynomial of a graph are two important evaluations of its Tutte polynomial, both of which contain much information of the graph. Much research is done on graphs determined entirely by their chromatic polynomials and Tutte polynomials, respectively. Oxley asked which classes of graphs or matroids are determined by their chromatic and flow polynomials together. In this paper, we found several classes of graphs with this property. We first study which graphic parameters are determined by the flow polynomials. Then we study flow-unique graphs. Finally, we show that several classes of graphs, ladders, Möbius ladders and squares of n-cycle are determined by their chromatic polynomials and flow polynomials together. A direct consequence of our theorem is a result of de Mier and Noy [A. de Mier, M. Noy, On graphs determined by their Tutte polynomial, Graphs Comb. 20 (2004) 105-119] that these classes of graphs are Tutte polynomial unique.     

两类图的伴随多项式

本文推广已有图D_n,F_n到两类新图D_n~i,F_n~i(i≥4),并运用与色和有关的代数函数—伴随函数得到它们的伴随多项式并讨论了当i=4时的不可约性.     

车多项式对Ferrers矩阵的刻画

In this paper,we show that there exist precisely W(A) Ferrers matrices F(C1,C2,…,cm)such that the rook polynomials is equal to the rook polynomial of Ferrers matrix F(b1,b2,…,bm), where A={b1,b2-1,…,bm-m 1} is a repeated set,W(A) is weight of A.     

Non-zero component union graph of a finite-dimensional vector space

In this paper, we introduce a graph structure, called non-zero component union graph on finite-dimensional vector spaces. We show that the graph is connected and find its domination number, clique number and chromatic number. It is shown that two non-zero component union graphs are isomorphic if and only if the base vector spaces are isomorphic. In case of finite fields, we study the edge-connectivity and condition under which the graph is Eulerian. Moreover, we provide a lower bound for the independence number of the graph. Finally, we come up with a structural characterization of non-zero component union graph.     

Rook Poset Equivalence of Ferrers Boards

A natural construction due to K. Ding yields Schubert varieties from Ferrers boards. The poset structure of the Schubert cells in these varieties is equal to the poset of maximal rook placements on the Ferrers board under the Bruhat order. We determine when two Ferrers boards have isomorphic rook posets. Equivalently, we give an exact categorization of when two Ding Schubert varieties have identical Schubert cell structures. This also produces a complete classification of isomorphism types of lower intervals of 312-avoiding permutations in the Bruhat order.     

Rook Theory and Hypergeometric Series

The number of ways of placingknon-attacking rooks on a Ferrers board is expressed as a hypergeometric series of a type originally studied by Karlsson (J. Math. Phys.12(1971), 270–271) and Minton (J. Math. Phys.11(1970), 1375–1376). Known transformation identities for series of this type translate into new theorems about rook polynomials.     

Chromatic polynomials,polygon trees,and outerplanar graphs

It is proved that all classes of polygon trees are characterized by their chromatic polynomials, and a characterization is given of those polynominals that are chromatic polynomials of outerplanar graphs. The first result yields an alternative proof that outerplanar graphs are recognizable from their vertex-deleted subgraphs. © 1929 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Some Features of Gaussian Elimination with Rook Pivoting

Rook pivoting is a relatively new pivoting strategy used in Gaussian elimination (GE). It can be as computationally cheap as partial pivoting and as stable as complete pivoting. This paper shows some new attractive features of rook pivoting. We first derive error bounds for the LU factors computed by GE and show rook pivoting usually gives a highly accurate U factor. Then we show accuracy of the computed solution of a linear system by rook pivoting is essentially independent of row scaling of the coefficient matrix. Thus if the matrix is ill-conditioned due to bad row scaling a highly accurate solution can usually be obtained. Finally for a typical inversion method involving the LU factorization we show rook pivoting usually makes both left and right residuals for the computed inverse of a matrix small.     

Chromatic Polynomials of Complements of Bipartite Graphs

We define a biclique to be the complement of a bipartite graph, consisting of two cliques joined by a number of edges. In this paper we study algebraic aspects of the chromatic polynomials of these graphs. We derive a formula for the chromatic polynomial of an arbitrary biclique, and use this to give certain conditions under which two of the graphs have chromatic polynomials with the same splitting field. Finally, we use a subfamily of bicliques to prove the cubic case of the α + n conjecture, by showing that for any cubic integer α, there is a natural number n such that α + n is a chromatic root.     

The chromatic polynomial of fatgraphs and its categorification

Motivated by Khovanov homology and relations between the Jones polynomial and graph polynomials, we construct a homology theory for embedded graphs from which the chromatic polynomial can be recovered as the Euler characteristic. For plane graphs, we show that our chromatic homology can be recovered from the Khovanov homology of an associated link. We apply this connection with Khovanov homology to show that the torsion-free part of our chromatic homology is independent of the choice of planar embedding of a graph. We extend our construction and categorify the Bollobás-Riordan polynomial (a generalization of the Tutte polynomial to embedded graphs). We prove that both our chromatic homology and the Khovanov homology of an associated link can be recovered from this categorification.     

图的星色数

给出了一些星色数为４的平面图,它们不含有轮图作为子图,这回答了Ｚｈｕ的一个问题,给出了一类４连通平面图其星色数在３与４之间,这也回答了Ａｂｂｏｔｔ和Ｚｈｏｕ的一个问题,应用图的同态概念,讨论了某些图的字典积的星色数,证明了一个图及其补图的星色数的和与积所满足的两个不等式。     

Total Colorings of Graphs with Minimum Sum of Colors

The total chromatic sum of a graph is the minimum sum of colors (natural numbers) taken over all proper colorings of vertices and edges of a graph. We construct infinite families of graphs for which the minimum number of colors to achieve the total chromatic sum is larger than the total chromatic number.     

去掉一些连续弦的轮图的补图的色多项式

本文给出计算图的色多项式的新方法。特别的,对轮图中去掉一些连续弦后所得到的图的补图,给出了它的色多项式的计算公式。     

A maximal zero-free interval for chromatic polynomials of bipartite planar graphs

It is well known that (-∞,0) and (0,1) are two maximal zero-free intervals for all chromatic polynomials. Jackson [A zero-free interval for chromatic polynomials of graphs, Combin. Probab. Comput. 2 (1993), 325-336] discovered that is another maximal zero-free interval for all chromatic polynomials. In this note, we show that is actually a maximal zero-free interval for the chromatic polynomials of bipartite planar graphs.     

Approximations for chromatic polynomials

A sequence of finite graphs may be constructed from a given graph by a process of repeated amalgamation. Associated with such a sequence is a transfer matrix whose minimum polynomial gives a recursion for the chromatic polynomials of the graphs in the sequence. Taking the limit, a generalised “chromatic polynomial” for infinite graphs is obtained.     

LLT polynomials,chromatic quasisymmetric functions and graphs with cycles

We use a Dyck path model for unit-interval graphs to study the chromatic quasisymmetric functions introduced by Shareshian and Wachs, as well as unicellular LLT polynomials, revealing some parallel structure and phenomena regarding their $\mathrm{e}$-positivity.The Dyck path model is also extended to circular arc digraphs to obtain larger families of polynomials, giving a new extension of LLT polynomials. Carrying over a lot of the non-circular combinatorics, we prove several statements regarding the $\mathrm{e}$-coefficients of chromatic quasisymmetric functions and LLT polynomials, including a natural combinatorial interpretation for the $\mathrm{e}$-coefficients for the line graph and the cycle graph for both families. We believe that certain $\mathrm{e}$-positivity conjectures hold in all these families above.Furthermore, beyond the chromatic analogy, we study vertical-strip LLT polynomials, which are modified Hall–Littlewood polynomials.     

Chromatic properties of hamiltonian graphs

We study the problem of the location of real zeros of chromatic polynomials for some families of graphs. In particular, a problem presented by Thomassen (see [On the number of hamiltonian cycles in bipartite graphs, Combin. Probab. Comput. 5 (1996) 437–442.]) is discussed and a result for hamiltonian graphs is presented. An open problem is stated for 2-connected graphs with a hamiltonian path.