Log-concavity of genus distributions for circular ladders

Yichao Chen, Jonathan L. Gross, Toufik Mansour

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Abstract

A well-known conjecture in topological graph theory says that the genus distribution of every graph is log-concave. In this paper, the genus distribution of the circular ladder CLn is re-derived, using overlap matrices and Chebyshev polynomials, which facilitates proof that this genus distribution is log-concave.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)1952-1969
Number of pages18
JournalMathematische Nachrichten
Volume288
Issue number17-18
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2015

Keywords

  • Log-concavity
  • circular ladders
  • genus distribution

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Mathematics

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