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Zap. Nauchn. Sem. POMI, 2021 Volume 507, Pages 26–34 (Mi znsl7159)

Tensor networks and the enumerative geometry of graphs

P. G. Zografab

a St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics, St. Petersburg, Russia
b Chebyshev Laboratory, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Abstract: We propose a universal approach to a range of enumeration problems in graphs by means of tensor networks. The key point is in contracting suitably chosen symmetric tensors placed at the vertices of a graph along the edges. This approach leads to simple formulas that count, in particular, the number of $d$-regular subgraphs of an arbitrary graph (including the number of $d$-factors) and proper edge colorings. We briefly discuss the problem of the computational complexity of the algorithms based on these formulas.

Key words and phrases: tensor network, $d$-regular subgraph, $d$-factor, edge coloring.

UDC: 519.17

Received: 18.11.2021

Language: English



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