The Kernel of the Adjacency Matrix of a Rectangular Mesh
The Kernel of the Adjacency Matrix of a Rectangular Mesh
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矩形网格邻接矩阵的核
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发表时间:
2002
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0.8
通讯作者:
Tania Vieira
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作者:
C. Tomei;Tania Vieira
Given an m × n rectangular mesh, its adjacency matrix A , having only integer entries, may be interpreted as a map between vector spaces over an arbitrary field K . We describe the kernel of A : it is a direct sum of two natural subspaces whose dimensions are equal to $lceil c/2
ceil$ and $lfloor c/2
floor$ , where c = gcd (m+1,n+1) - 1 . We show that there are bases to both vector spaces, with entries equal to 0,1 and -1 . When K = Z/(2), the kernel elements of these subspaces are described by rectangular tilings of a special kind. As a corollary, we count the number of tilings of a rectangle of integer sides with a specified set of tiles.