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A simple recurrence formula for the number of rooted maps on surfaces by edges and genus

Sean Carrell (1), Guillaume Chapuy (2)
(1) Combinatorics and Optimization [Waterloo]
(2) Laboratoire d'informatique Algorithmique : Fondements et Applications
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DMTCS Proceedings vol. AT, 26th International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2014)
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10.46298/dmtcs.2424
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A simple recurrence formula for the number of rooted maps on surfaces by edges and genus

Sean Carrell (1), Guillaume Chapuy (2)
(1) Combinatorics and Optimization [Waterloo]
(2) Laboratoire d'informatique Algorithmique : Fondements et Applications
Abstract
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We establish a simple recurrence formula for the number $Q_g^n$ of rooted orientable maps counted by edges and genus. The formula is a consequence of the KP equation for the generating function of bipartite maps, coupled with a Tutte equation, and it was apparently unnoticed before. It gives by far the fastest known way of computing these numbers, or the fixed-genus generating functions, especially for large $g$. The formula is similar in look to the one discovered by Goulden and Jackson for triangulations (although the latter does not rely on an additional Tutte equation). Both of them have a very combinatorial flavour, but finding a bijective interpretation is currently unsolved - should such an interpretation exist, the history of bijective methods for maps would tend to show that the case treated here is easier to start with than the one of triangulations.
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Nous établissons une formule de récurrence simple pour le nombre $Q_g^n$ de cartes enracinées de genre $g$ à $n$ arêtes. Cette formule est une conséquence relativement simple du fait que la série génératrice des cartes biparties est une solution de l’équation KP et d’une équation de Tutte, et elle était apparemment passée inaperçue jusque là. Elle donne de loin le moyen le plus rapide pour calculer ces nombres, en particulier quand $g$est grand. La formule est d’apparence similaire à celle découverte par Goulden et Jackson pour les triangulations (quoique cette dernière ne repose pas sur une équation de Tutte additionnelle). Les deux formules ont une saveur très combinatoire, mais trouver une interprétation bijective reste un problème ouvert – mais si une telle interprétation existe, l’histoire des méthodes bijectives pour les cartes tendrait à montrer que le cas traité ici est plus facile pour commencer que celui des triangulations.
Keywords
  • [INFO.INFO-DM]Computer Science [cs]/Discrete Mathematics [cs.DM]
  • [MATH.MATH-CO]Mathematics [math]/Combinatorics [math.CO]
  • Enumeration
  • maps on surfaces
  • quadrangulations
  • KP hierarchy
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