Chan–Kontorovich–Pak spanning-tree spectrum conjecture

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Let T(n)\mathcal{T}(n) denote the set of values of the spanning-tree count τ(G)\tau(G) over unrestricted graphs on nn vertices. Cayley's theorem gives τ(Kn)=nn2\tau(K_n)=n^{n-2}, so the possible extremal values are superexponential. Chan–Kontorovich–Pak's conjecture.

T(n)=eΩ(nlogn).|\mathcal{T}(n)|=e^{\Omega(n\log n)}.

The planar restriction is known to have an exponential-size spectrum, whereas the unrestricted spectrum is conjectured to be superexponential; the source reiterates this conjecture without resolving it.

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Rafael Miyazaki, Cosmin Pohoata and Michael Zheng, “Chromatic Polynomial Evaluation Spectra”, arXiv:2512.19600 (2025).

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