Graphical condensation for enumerating perfect matchings

نویسندگان

  • Weigen Yan
  • Fuji Zhang
چکیده

The method of graphical condensation for enumerating perfect matchings was found by Propp (Theoretical Computer Science 303(2003), 267-301), and was generalized by Kuo (Theoretical Computer Science 319 (2004), 29-57). In this paper, we obtain some more general results on graphical condensation than Kuo’s. Our method is also different from Kuo’s. As applications of our results, we obtain a new proof of Stanley’s multivariate version of the Aztec diamond theorem and we enumerate perfect matchings of a type of molecular graph. Finally, a combinatorial identity on the number of plane partitions is also given.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • J. Comb. Theory, Ser. A

دوره 110  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005