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1 and Other Combinatorial Reciprocity Instances Matthias Beck San Francisco State University math.sfsu.edu/beck [Courtney Gibbons]
2 Act 1: Binomial Coefficients Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
3 Act 1: Binomial Coefficients Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. ( n k = 1 k! n(n 1(n 2 (n k + 1
4 Act 1: Binomial Coefficients Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. ( n k = 1 k! n(n 1(n 2 (n k + 1 ( n ( 1 k k = ( n + k 1 k
5 Act 2: Chromatic Polynomials of Graphs Proper n-coloring of G labeling of the nodes of G with 1, 2,..., n such that adjacent nodes get different labels χ G (n := # (proper k-colorings of G
6 Act 2: Chromatic Polynomials of Graphs Proper n-coloring of G labeling of the nodes of G with 1, 2,..., n such that adjacent nodes get different labels χ G (n := # (proper k-colorings of G Theorem (Birkhoff 19, Whitney 1932 χ G (n is a polynomial in n. Proof Let c k be the number of ways of breaking up the nodes V into k monochromatic subsets. Then V ( n χ G (n = c k k k=1
7 Act 2: Chromatic Polynomials of Graphs Proper n-coloring of G labeling of the nodes of G with 1, 2,..., n such that adjacent nodes get different labels χ G (n := # (proper k-colorings of G Theorem (Birkhoff 19, Whitney 1932 χ G (n is a polynomial in n. Proof Let c k be the number of ways of breaking up the nodes V into k monochromatic subsets. Then V ( n χ G (n = c k k k=1 Theorem (Stanley 1973 ( 1 V χ G ( 1 equals the number of acyclic orientations of G. More generally, ( 1 V χ G ( n equals the number of pairs (acyclic orientation α of G, compatible n-coloring.
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9 Act 3: Eulerian Polynomials n k number of permutations of {1, 2,..., n} with exactly k descents Exercise 1 Show that n k = n n k 1
10 Act 3: Eulerian Polynomials n k number of permutations of {1, 2,..., n} with exactly k descents Exercise 1 Show that n k = n n k 1 Let E n (x := n 1 k=0 n x k k, the n th Eulerian polynomial. Exercise 1 says ( 1 x n 1 E n = E n (x x Exercise 2 Show that t=0 t n 1 x t = E n(x (1 x n Exercise 3 Re-prove Exercise 1 via Exercise 2.
11 Act 4: Pick s Theorem For a lattice polygon P containing I interior and B boundary lattice point, Pick s Theorem (1899 tells us how to compute the area of P : A = I B 1
12 Act 4: Pick s Theorem For a lattice polygon P containing I interior and B boundary lattice point, Pick s Theorem (1899 tells us how to compute the area of P : A = I B 1 Do-it-yourself proof: (1 Convince yourself that Pick s formula is additive. (2 Reduce to rectangles and right-angled triangles. (3 Prove Pick s formula for these two cases.
13 Act 4: Pick s Theorem For a lattice polygon P containing I interior and B boundary lattice point, Pick s Theorem (1899 tells us how to compute the area of P : A = I B 1 For k Z >0 let L P (k := # ( kp Z 2 L P (k = A k B k + 1 L P (k = A k B k + 1
14 Act 4: Pick s Theorem For a lattice polygon P containing I interior and B boundary lattice point, Pick s Theorem (1899 tells us how to compute the area of P : A = I B 1 For k Z >0 let L P (k := # ( kp Z 2 L P (k = A k B k + 1 L P ( k = L P (k L P (k = A k B k + 1
15 Act 4: Pick s Theorem For a lattice polygon P containing I interior and B boundary lattice point, Pick s Theorem (1899 tells us how to compute the area of P : A = I B 1 For k Z >0 let L P (k := # ( kp Z 2 L P (k = A k B k + 1 L P ( k = L P (k L P (k = A k B k + 1 Example Triangle with vertices (0, 0, (1, 0, and (0, 1 ( ( k + 2 k 1 L (k = L (k = 2 2
16 Act 4: Pick s Theorem For a lattice polygon P containing I interior and B boundary lattice point, Pick s Theorem (1899 tells us how to compute the area of P : A = I B 1 For k Z >0 let L P (k := # ( kp Z 2 L P (k = A k B k + 1 L P ( k = L P (k L P (k = A k B k + 1 Theorem (Ehrhart 1962, Macdonald 1971 If P is a d-dimensional lattice polytope, then L P (k is a polynomial in k and ( 1 d L P ( k = L P (k
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