On Graph Continued Fractions and the Heilmann-Lieb Theorem

2020/04/24 by Thomás Jung Spier, Spier, Thomás Jung
Mathematics · #Analytic Number Theory Research #Combinatorics (math.CO) #FOS: Mathematics #History and Theory of Mathematics #Mathematical Dynamics and Fractals #math.CO

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2004.11505

3 pages, 2 figures

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Abstract

Inspired by Viennot's observation that matching polynomials are numerators of branched continued fractions we present a proof of the Heilmann-Lieb Theorem.

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