Amel Kaouche ; Pierre Leroux - Graph weights arising from Mayer and Ree-Hoover theories of virial expansions

dmtcs:3646 - Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science, January 1, 2008, DMTCS Proceedings vol. AJ, 20th Annual International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2008) - https://doi.org/10.46298/dmtcs.3646
Graph weights arising from Mayer and Ree-Hoover theories of virial expansionsConference paper

Authors: Amel Kaouche 1; Pierre Leroux 1

  • 1 Laboratoire de combinatoire et d'informatique mathématique [Montréal]

[en]
We study graph weights (i.e., graph invariants) which arise naturally in Mayer's theory and Ree-Hoover's theory of virial expansions in the context of a non-ideal gas. We give special attention to the Second Mayer weight $w_M(c)$ and the Ree-Hoover weight $w_{RH}(c)$ of a $2$-connected graph $c$ which arise from the hard-core continuum gas in one dimension. These weights are computed using signed volumes of convex polytopes naturally associated with the graph $c$. Among our results are the values of Mayer's weight and Ree-Hoover's weight for all $2$-connected graphs $b$ of size at most $8$, and explicit formulas for certain infinite families.

[fr]
Nous étudions les poids de graphes (c'est-à-dire, les invariants de graphes) qui apparaissent naturellement dans la théorie de Mayer et la théorie de Ree-Hoover pour le développement du viriel dans le contexte d'un gaz imparfait. Nous donnons une attention particulière au deuxième poids $w_M(c)$ de Mayer et au poids $w_{RH}(c)$ de Ree-Hoover d'un graphe $2$-connexe $c$ dans le cas d'un gaz à noyaux durs et à positions continues en une dimension. Ces poids sont calculés à partir de volumes signés de polytopes convexes associés naturellement au graphe $c$. Parmi nos résultats sont les valeurs du poids de Mayer et du poids de Ree-Hoover pour tous les graphes $2$-connexes $b$ de taille au plus $8$, et des formules explicites pour certaines familles infinies.


Volume: DMTCS Proceedings vol. AJ, 20th Annual International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2008)
Section: Proceedings
Published on: January 1, 2008
Imported on: May 10, 2017
Keywords: [MATH.MATH-CO]Mathematics [math]/Combinatorics [math.CO], [INFO.INFO-DM]Computer Science [cs]/Discrete Mathematics [cs.DM], [en] graph invariants, non-ideal gas, hard sphere gas, Mayer weights, virial expansion.

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