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Main Authors: Bafna, Mehul, Amirian, Shaghik
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.16816
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Table of Contents:
  • Graph polynomials encode fundamental combinatorial invariants of graphs. Their computation is investigated using tree and path decomposition frameworks, with formal definitions of treewidth, k-trees, and pathwidth establishing the structural basis for algorithmic efficiency. Explicit algorithms are constructed for each polynomial, leveraging decomposition order and state transformation mappings to enable tractable computation on graphs of bounded treewidth. Python implementations validate the methods, and computational complexity is analyzed with respect to sparse and k-degenerate graph classes. These results advance decomposition-based approaches for polynomial computation in algebraic graph theory.