# ALGEBRAIC COMBINATORICS

Generalizations of the Matching Polynomial to the Multivariate Independence Polynomial
Algebraic Combinatorics, Volume 2 (2019) no. 5, pp. 781-802.

We generalize two main theorems of matching polynomials of undirected simple graphs, namely, real-rootedness and the Heilmann–Lieb root bound. Viewing the matching polynomial of a graph $G$ as the independence polynomial of the line graph of $G$, we determine conditions for the extension of these theorems to the independence polynomial of any graph. In particular, we show that a stability-like property of the multivariate independence polynomial characterizes claw-freeness. Finally, we give and extend multivariate versions of Godsil’s theorems on the divisibility of matching polynomials of trees related to $G$.

Revised: 2019-01-15
Accepted: 2019-01-22
Published online: 2019-10-08
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5802/alco.63
Classification: 05C31
Keywords: independence polynomial, real-stability, claw-free
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Leake, Jonathan D.; Ryder, Nick R. Generalizations of the Matching Polynomial to the Multivariate Independence Polynomial. Algebraic Combinatorics, Volume 2 (2019) no. 5, pp. 781-802. doi : 10.5802/alco.63. https://alco.centre-mersenne.org/item/ALCO_2019__2_5_781_0/

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