Strict unimodality of plucking polynomials of rooted trees

Zhiyun Cheng; Sujoy Mukherjee; Józef H. Przytycki; Xiao Wang; Seung Yeop Yang

doi:10.1142/S0218216518410092

Strict unimodality of plucking polynomials of rooted trees

Zhiyun Cheng, Sujoy Mukherjee, Józef H. Przytycki, Xiao Wang, Seung Yeop Yang

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We classify rooted trees which have strictly unimodal plucking polynomials (q-polynomials). We also give criteria for a trapezoidal shape of a plucking polynomial. We generalize results of Pak and Panova on strict unimodality of q-binomial coefficients.

Original language	English
Article number	1841009
Journal	Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications
Volume	27
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218216518410092
State	Published - 1 Jun 2018

Keywords

Gaussian polynomial
Plucking polynomial
q-binomial coefficients
rooted tree
strict unimodality

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