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Enumeration of perfect matchings of a type of Cartesian products of graphs

Authors :
Weigen Yan
Fuji Zhang
Source :
Discrete Applied Mathematics. 154(1):145-157
Publication Year :
2006
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2006.

Abstract

Let $G$ be a graph and let Pm$(G)$ denote the number of perfect matchings of $G$. We denote the path with $m$ vertices by $P_m$ and the Cartesian product of graphs $G$ and $H$ by $G\times H$. In this paper, as the continuance of our paper [19], we enumerate perfect matchings in a type of Cartesian products of graphs by the Pfaffian method, which was discovered by Kasteleyn. Here are some of our results: 1. Let $T$ be a tree and let $C_n$ denote the cycle with $n$ vertices. Then Pm$(C_4\times T)=\prod (2+\alpha^2)$, where the product ranges over all eigenvalues $\alpha$ of $T$. Moreover, we prove that Pm$(C_4\times T)$ is always a square or double a square. 2. Let $T$ be a tree. Then Pm$(P_4\times T)=\prod (1+3\alpha^2+\alpha^4)$, where the product ranges over all non-negative eigenvalues $\alpha$ of $T$. 3. Let $T$ be a tree with a perfect matching. Then Pm$(P_3\times T)=\prod (2+\alpha^2),$ where the product ranges over all positive eigenvalues $\alpha$ of $T$. Moreover, we prove that Pm$(C_4\times T)=[{Pm}(P_3\times T)]^2$.<br />Comment: 15 pages, 4 figures

Details

ISSN :
0166218X
Volume :
154
Issue :
1
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Discrete Applied Mathematics
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....d015a4e186681d76ce8738393eb08945
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2005.07.001