Tutte polynomial of some multigraphs

Review

Tutte polynomial of some multigraphs

Published in: Quaestiones Mathematicae
Volume 38 , issue 5 , 2015 , pages: 709–724
DOI: 10.2989/16073606.2014.982345
Author(s): Julian A. Allagan Department of Mathematics, USA , Eunice Mphako-Banda University of the Witwatersrand, RSA

Abstract

Using two related parameters, ζ and γ, we extend the recursion for com- puting the Tutte polynomial of any graph to the computation of the Tutte polynomial of any multigraph. With this recursion, we found explicit formulae for several fami- lies of multigraphs. In particular, the Tutte polynomials of some cyclic multigraphs, 2−tree multigraphs, and any l−bridge multigraph.

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