Mathematics – Combinatorics
Scientific paper
2010-11-27
Mathematics
Combinatorics
22 pages, 1 figure
Scientific paper
We answer a question raised by Lov\'asz and B. Szegedy [Contractors and connectors in graph algebras, J. Graph Theory 60:1 (2009)] asking for a contractor for the graph parameter counting the number of B-flows of a graph, where B is a subset of a finite Abelian group closed under inverses. We prove our main result using the duality between flows and tensions and finite Fourier analysis. We exhibit several examples of contractors for B-flows, which are of interest in relation to the family of B-flow conjectures formulated by Tutte, Fulkerson, Jaeger, and others.
Garijo Delia
Goodall Andrew
Nesetril Jaroslav
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