Around matrix-tree theorem

Yurii Burman, Boris Shapiro

Published 2005-12-07, updated 2006-02-12Version 2

Generalizing the classical matrix-tree theorem we provide a formula counting subgraphs of a given graph with a fixed 2-core. We use this generalization to obtain an analog of the matrix-tree theorem for the root system $D_n$ (the classical theorem corresponds to the $A_n$-case). Several byproducts of the developed technique, such as a new formula for a specialization of the multivariate Tutte polynomial, are of independent interest.