Non-isomorphic graphs with the same subtree polynomial

Let nn be a positive integer, and let the subtree polynomial of a graph GG be

sG(x)=k=0n1akxk,s_G(x)=\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}a_kx^k,

where aka_k counts the subtrees with kk edges. Subtree-polynomial multiplicity conjecture. For any nn, one can construct nn pairwise non-isomorphic graphs that all share the same subtree polynomial. The paper motivates this by pigeonhole considerations, since there should be many more graphs on nn vertices than possible subtree polynomials, but gives no resolution in the supplied text.

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Alex J. Chin, Gary Gordon, Kellie J. MacPhee and Charles Vincent, “Random subtrees of complete graphs”, arXiv:1308.4613 (2013).

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