On the theory of Pfaffian orientations. I: Perfect matchings and permanents
The electronic journal of combinatorics, Tome 6 (1999)
Kasteleyn stated that the generating function of the perfect matchings of a graph of genus $g$ may be written as a linear combination of $4^g$ Pfaffians. Here we prove this statement. As a consequence we present a combinatorial way to compute the permanent of a square matrix.
DOI :
10.37236/1438
Classification :
05A15, 05C30
Mots-clés : generating function, perfect matching, Pfaffian, genus
Mots-clés : generating function, perfect matching, Pfaffian, genus
@article{10_37236_1438,
author = {Anna Galluccio and Martin Loebl},
title = {On the theory of {Pfaffian} orientations. {I:} {Perfect} matchings and permanents},
journal = {The electronic journal of combinatorics},
year = {1999},
volume = {6},
doi = {10.37236/1438},
zbl = {0909.05005},
url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.37236/1438/}
}
Anna Galluccio; Martin Loebl. On the theory of Pfaffian orientations. I: Perfect matchings and permanents. The electronic journal of combinatorics, Tome 6 (1999). doi: 10.37236/1438
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