scholarly journals Chip-Firing and Rotor-Routing on $\mathbb{Z}^d$ and on Trees

2008 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AJ,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Itamar Landau ◽  
Lionel Levine ◽  
Yuval Peres
Keyword(s):  
Spanning Trees ◽  
Initial Condition ◽  
Simple Process ◽  
Regular Tree ◽  
Single Vertex ◽  
Cyclic Subgroups ◽  
Chip Firing ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Number Of Spanning Trees ◽  
Sandpile Group

International audience The sandpile group of a graph $G$ is an abelian group whose order is the number of spanning trees of $G$. We find the decomposition of the sandpile group into cyclic subgroups when $G$ is a regular tree with the leaves are collapsed to a single vertex. This result can be used to understand the behavior of the rotor-router model, a deterministic analogue of random walk studied first by physicists and more recently rediscovered by combinatorialists. Several years ago, Jim Propp simulated a simple process called rotor-router aggregation and found that it produces a near perfect disk in the integer lattice $\mathbb{Z}^2$. We prove that this shape is close to circular, although it remains a challenge to explain the near perfect circularity produced by simulations. In the regular tree, we use the sandpile group to prove that rotor-router aggregation started from an acyclic initial condition yields a perfect ball.

scholarly journals On the sandpile model of modified wheels II

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1531-1539
Author(s):  
Zahid Raza ◽  
Mohammed M. M. Jaradat ◽  
Mohammed S. Bataineh ◽  
Faiz Ullah
Keyword(s):  
Direct Product ◽  
Critical Group ◽  
Complete Structure ◽  
Sandpile Model ◽  
Cyclic Subgroups ◽  
Algebr Comb ◽  
Abelian Sandpile ◽  
Chip Firing ◽  
Sandpile Group

Abstract We investigate the abelian sandpile group on modified wheels {\hat{W}}_{n} by using a variant of the dollar game as described in [N. L. Biggs, Chip-Firing and the critical group of a graph, J. Algebr. Comb. 9 (1999), 25–45]. The complete structure of the sandpile group on a class of graphs is given in this paper. In particular, it is shown that the sandpile group on {\hat{W}}_{n} is a direct product of two cyclic subgroups generated by some special configurations. More precisely, the sandpile group on {\hat{W}}_{n} is the direct product of two cyclic subgroups of order {a}_{n} and 3{a}_{n} for n even and of order {a}_{n} and 2{a}_{n} for n odd, respectively.

scholarly journals An Algebraic Analogue of a Formula of Knuth

2010 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AN,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lionel Levine
Keyword(s):  
Directed Graph ◽  
Spanning Trees ◽  
Line Graph ◽  
Torsion Subgroup ◽  
Directed Line ◽  
De Bruijn Graphs ◽  
International Audience ◽  
De Bruijn ◽  
Kautz Graphs ◽  
Sandpile Group

International audience We generalize a theorem of Knuth relating the oriented spanning trees of a directed graph $G$ and its directed line graph $\mathcal{L} G$. The sandpile group is an abelian group associated to a directed graph, whose order is the number of oriented spanning trees rooted at a fixed vertex. In the case when $G$ is regular of degree $k$, we show that the sandpile group of $G$ is isomorphic to the quotient of the sandpile group of $\mathcal{L} G$ by its $k$-torsion subgroup. As a corollary we compute the sandpile groups of two families of graphs widely studied in computer science, the de Bruijn graphs and Kautz graphs. Nous généralisons un théorème de Knuth qui relie les arbres couvrants dirigés d'un graphe orienté $G$ au graphe adjoint orienté $\mathcal{L} G$. On peut associer à tout graphe orienté un groupe abélien appelé groupe du tas de sable, et dont l'ordre est le nombre d'arbres couvrants dirigés enracinés en un sommet fixé. Lorsque $G$ est régulier de degré $k$, nous montrons que le groupe du tas de sable de $G$ est isomorphe au quotient du groupe du tas de sable de $\mathcal{L} G$ par son sous-groupe de $k$-torsion. Comme corollaire, nous déterminons les groupes de tas de sable de deux familles de graphes étudiées en informatique: les graphes de de Bruijn et les graphes de Kautz.

scholarly journals Firing Patterns in the Parallel Chip-Firing Game

2014 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AT,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziv Scully ◽  
Tian-Yi Jiang ◽  
Yan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Simple Model ◽  
Complete Characterization ◽  
Local Behavior ◽  
Emergent Complexity ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
Chip Firing ◽  
Self Organized Criticality ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Sandpile Group

International audience The $\textit{parallel chip-firing game}$ is an automaton on graphs in which vertices "fire'' chips to their neighbors. This simple model, analogous to sandpiles forming and collapsing, contains much emergent complexity and has connections to different areas of mathematics including self-organized criticality and the study of the sandpile group. In this work, we study $\textit{firing sequences}$, which describe each vertex's interaction with its neighbors in this game. Our main contribution is a complete characterization of the periodic firing sequences that can occur in a game, which have a surprisingly simple combinatorial description. We also obtain other results about local behavior of the game after introducing the concept of $\textit{motors}$. Le $\textit{parallel chip-firing game}$, c’est une automate sur les graphiques, dans lequel les sommets “tirent” des jetons à leurs voisins. Ce modèle simple, semblable aux tas de sable qui forment et s’affaissent, contient beaucoup de complexité émergente et a des connections avec différents domaines de mathématiques, incluant le $\textit{self-organized criticality}$ et l’étude du $\textit{sandpile group}$. Dans ce projet, on étudie les $\textit{firing sequences}$, qui décrivent les interactions de chaque sommet avec ses voisins dans le jeu. Notre contribution principale est une caractérisation complète des séquences de tir qui peuvent arriver dans une jeu, qui ont une description combinatoire assez simple. Nous obtenonsaussi d'autres résultats sur le conduite locale du jeu après l’introduction du concept des $\textit{motors}$.

scholarly journals Spanning trees of finite Sierpiński graphs

2006 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AG,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elmar Teufl ◽  
Stephan Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Spanning Trees ◽  
Dynamical Behavior ◽  
The Self ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Sierpiński Graphs ◽  
Polynomial Map ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
Number Of Spanning Trees

International audience We show that the number of spanning trees in the finite Sierpiński graph of level $n$ is given by $\sqrt[4]{\frac{3}{20}} (\frac{5}{3})^{-n/2} (\sqrt[4]{540})^{3^n}$. The proof proceeds in two steps: First, we show that the number of spanning trees and two further quantities satisfy a $3$-dimensional polynomial recursion using the self-similar structure. Secondly, it turns out, that the dynamical behavior of the recursion is given by a $2$-dimensional polynomial map, whose iterates can be computed explicitly.

scholarly journals Asymptotic enumeration on self-similar graphs with two boundary vertices

2009 ◽  
Vol Vol. 11 no. 1 (Combinatorics) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elmar Teufl ◽  
Stephan Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Spanning Trees ◽  
General Setting ◽  
Scaling Factor ◽  
Asymptotic Enumeration ◽  
Spanning Forests ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
Connected Subgraphs ◽  
Graph Parameters ◽  
Number Of Spanning Trees

Combinatorics International audience We study two graph parameters, namely the number of spanning forests and the number of connected subgraphs, for self-similar graphs with exactly two boundary vertices. In both cases, we determine the general behavior for these and related auxiliary quantities by means of polynomial recurrences and a careful asymptotic analysis. It turns out that the so-called resistance scaling factor of a graph plays an essential role in both instances, a phenomenon that was previously observed for the number of spanning trees. Several explicit examples show that our findings are likely to hold in an even more general setting.

scholarly journals A chip-firing variation and a new proof of Cayley's formula

2013 ◽  
Vol Vol. 15 no. 1 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Mark Kayll ◽  
Dave Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Spanning Trees ◽  
Complete Graphs ◽  
Physical Processes ◽  
Connected Graphs ◽  
Bijective Proof ◽  
Chip Firing ◽  
International Audience ◽  
General Graphs

Graph Theory International audience We introduce a variation of chip-firing games on connected graphs. These 'burn-off' games incorporate the loss of energy that may occur in the physical processes that classical chip-firing games have been used to model. For a graph G=(V,E), a configuration of 'chips' on its nodes is a mapping C:V→ℕ. We study the configurations that can arise in the course of iterating a burn-off game. After characterizing the 'relaxed legal' configurations for general graphs, we enumerate the 'legal' ones for complete graphs Kn. The number of relaxed legal configurations on Kn coincides with the number tn+1 of spanning trees of Kn+1. Since our algorithmic, bijective proof of this fact does not invoke Cayley's Formula for tn, our main results yield secondarily a new proof of this formula.

scholarly journals On the number of spanning trees of K_n^m #x00B1 G graphs

2006 ◽  
Vol Vol. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stavros D. Nikolopoulos ◽  
Charis Papadopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Complete Graph ◽  
Spanning Tree ◽  
Spanning Trees ◽  
Star Graph ◽  
Complete Multipartite Graph ◽  
The Family ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Multipartite Graph ◽  
Complete Multipartite ◽  
Number Of Spanning Trees

International audience The K_n-complement of a graph G, denoted by K_n-G, is defined as the graph obtained from the complete graph K_n by removing a set of edges that span G; if G has n vertices, then K_n-G coincides with the complement øverlineG of the graph G. In this paper we extend the previous notion and derive determinant based formulas for the number of spanning trees of graphs of the form K_n^m #x00b1 G, where K_n^m is the complete multigraph on n vertices with exactly m edges joining every pair of vertices and G is a multigraph spanned by a set of edges of K_n^m; the graph K_n^m + G (resp. K_n^m - G) is obtained from K_n^m by adding (resp. removing) the edges of G. Moreover, we derive determinant based formulas for graphs that result from K_n^m by adding and removing edges of multigraphs spanned by sets of edges of the graph K_n^m. We also prove closed formulas for the number of spanning tree of graphs of the form K_n^m #x00b1 G, where G is (i) a complete multipartite graph, and (ii) a multi-star graph. Our results generalize previous results and extend the family of graphs admitting formulas for the number of their spanning trees.

scholarly journals Computing the number of h-edge spanning forests in complete bipartite graphs

2014 ◽  
Vol Vol. 16 no. 1 (Analysis of Algorithms) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Stones
Keyword(s):  
Bipartite Graph ◽  
Spanning Trees ◽  
Analysis Of Algorithms ◽  
Complete Bipartite Graph ◽  
Bipartite Graphs ◽  
Spanning Forests ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Complete Bipartite Graphs ◽  
Number Of Spanning Trees

Analysis of Algorithms International audience Let fm,n,h be the number of spanning forests with h edges in the complete bipartite graph Km,n. Kirchhoff\textquoterights Matrix Tree Theorem implies fm,n,m+n-1=mn-1 nm-1 when m ≥1 and n ≥1, since fm,n,m+n-1 is the number of spanning trees in Km,n. In this paper, we give an algorithm for computing fm,n,h for general m,n,h. We implement this algorithm and use it to compute all non-zero fm,n,h when m ≤50 and n ≤50 in under 2 days.

scholarly journals Properties of Commuting Graphs over Semidihedral Groups

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Tao Cheng ◽  
Matthias Dehmer ◽  
Frank Emmert-Streib ◽  
Yongtao Li ◽  
Weijun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Spanning Trees ◽  
Laplacian Spectrum ◽  
Vertex Connectivity ◽  
Laplacian Energy ◽  
Number Of Spanning Trees

This paper considers commuting graphs over the semidihedral group SD8n. We compute their eigenvalues and obtain that these commuting graphs are not hyperenergetic for odd n≥15 or even n≥2. We further compute the Laplacian spectrum, the Laplacian energy and the number of spanning trees of the commuting graphs over SD8n. We also discuss vertex connectivity, planarity, and minimum disconnecting sets of these graphs and prove that these commuting graphs are not Hamiltonian.

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