A Graph Polynomial for Independent Sets of Bipartite Graphs

作者:Ge Q*; Stefankovic D
来源:Combinatorics Probability & Computing, 2012, 21(5): 695-714.
DOI:10.1017/S0963548312000296

摘要

We introduce a new graph polynomial that encodes interesting properties of graphs, for example, the number of matchings, the number of perfect matchings, and, for bipartite graphs, the number of independent sets (# BIS). We analyse the complexity of exact evaluation of the polynomial at rational points and show a dichotomy result: for most points exact evaluation is # P-hard (assuming the generalized Riemann hypothesis) and for the rest of the points exact evaluation is trivial.

  • 出版日期2012-9