Multipath matroids, digraph colourings, and the Tutte polynomial

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Main Authors: Caputi, Luigi, Collari, Carlo, Di Trani, Sabino
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Published: 2024
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author Caputi, Luigi
Collari, Carlo
Di Trani, Sabino
author_facet Caputi, Luigi
Collari, Carlo
Di Trani, Sabino
contents We characterise the digraphs for which the multipaths, that is disjoint unions of directed paths, yield a matroid. For such graphs, called MP-digraphs, we prove that the Tutte polynomial of the multipath matroid is related to counting certain digraph colourings. Finally, we prove that, for MP-forests, the decategorification of the multipath cohomology yields a specialisation of the Tutte polynomial.
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spellingShingle Multipath matroids, digraph colourings, and the Tutte polynomial
Caputi, Luigi
Collari, Carlo
Di Trani, Sabino
Combinatorics
Algebraic Topology
We characterise the digraphs for which the multipaths, that is disjoint unions of directed paths, yield a matroid. For such graphs, called MP-digraphs, we prove that the Tutte polynomial of the multipath matroid is related to counting certain digraph colourings. Finally, we prove that, for MP-forests, the decategorification of the multipath cohomology yields a specialisation of the Tutte polynomial.
title Multipath matroids, digraph colourings, and the Tutte polynomial
topic Combinatorics
Algebraic Topology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.14528