On the greedoid polynomial for rooted graphs and rooted digraphs

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  • Elizabeth W. McMahon
چکیده

We examine some properties of the 2-variable greedoid polynomial f(G;t, z) when G is the branching greedoid associated to a rooted graph or a rooted directed graph. For rooted digraphs, we show a factoring property of f (G;t ,z) determines whether or not the rooted digraph has a directed cycle.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of Graph Theory

دوره 17  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1993