Pivots, determinants, and perfect matchings of graphs

Authors:
Robert Brijder;Tero Harju;Hendrik Jan Hoogeboom
Affiliations:
Hasselt University, Belgium and Transnational University of Limburg, Belgium;Department of Mathematics, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland;Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Venue:
Theoretical Computer Science
Year:
2012

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Abstract

We consider sequences of local and edge complementations on graphs with loops (we allow local complementation only on looped vertices). We recall that these operations together form the matrix operation of principal pivot transform (or pivot) restricted to graphs. This fact is not well known, and as a consequence various special cases of the properties of pivot have been rediscovered multiple times. In this paper we give a gentle overview of various properties of pivot for local and edge complementations on graphs. Moreover, we relate the pivot operation to perfect matchings to obtain a purely graph-theoretical characterization of the effect of sequences of pivot operations. Finally, we show that two of the three operations that make up a formal graph model of the biological process of gene assembly in ciliates together form the matrix operation of Schur complement restricted to graphs.