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µ(H, x) for some subgraphs H of G.
Keywords: characteristic polynomial; matching poly-nomial. Þ`ãêÝ G Î×Í n FÝ% G îÝ r-gEÎ×àÍ ó r Ý\/vP¢ËÍh/)Ý\F & Æà p(G, r) ¼h\/Ý-ôÍó p(G, 0) ! 1 G ÝgE94PL µ(G, x) :=X r≥0 (−1)rp(G, r)xn−2r. ¨×]«% G Ý©Ç94PÎ ϕ(G, x) := det(xI − A(G)),
h A(G) Î% G Ý adjacency matrix @~gE 94PÎ×Íà)P²Ý"D @~©Ç94P f´#óP²Ýá@ ËïøݺàÎó à).@~Ý]¶© Gß@~á3% G ݵì % G ÝgE94Pªy©Ç94 P[1, p21] &ÆñµhÃìØTÿÕ?×M Ý ëD¡ A G îb×Í\ e = {i, j} v©b°××Í cycle C â e &ÆÿÕ ϕ(G, x) = ϕ(G \ e, x) − ϕ(G \ ij, x) − 2ϕ(G \ C, x). ×Í©½Î G b×Í cycle C v e = {i, j}Î C îÝØ\ &ÆÿÕ ϕ(G, x) = µ(G \ e, x) − µ(G \ ij, x) − 2µ(G \ C, x). 9ÍPÎÞó8n G Ý©Ç94Pàà )8n G Ý%ÝgE94P¼î &ÆTÞ ¼E G Ýf?wêôÿÕ?Ý °WÝ hi4ÿÕ×Ì¡ E% G Ýf §×HÄú ÿb×Fß Q TÄ æ; hiÝI5/Îø;.Æÿßÿ ÝÆÿ¡Z "¢Z¤
1 D. Godsil, Algebraic Combinatorics, Chapman & Hall, Inc. 1993