Reflection positivity, rank connectivity, and homomorphism of graphs

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Publication date 2007
Journal Journal of the American Mathematical Society
Volume | Issue number 20
Pages (from-to) 37-51
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics (KdVI)
Abstract Abstract: It is shown that a graph parameter can be realized as the number of homomorphisms into a fixed (weighted) graph if and only if it satisfies two linear algebraic conditions: reflection positivity and exponential rank connectivity. In terms of statistical physics, this can be viewed as a characterization of partition functions of vertex coloring models.
Document type Article
Published at https://doi.org/10.1090/S0894-0347-06-00529-7
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