Asymptotic ratio conjecture for spanning trees of suitable graphs

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Let Jn,mJ_{n,m} be the graph whose number of spanning trees is denoted by σ(Jn,m)\sigma(J_{n,m}), and let n,meinNn,m ein\mathbb{N} with fixed n≥2n\geq 2. Define

an,m=σ(Jn,m+1)σ(Jn,m).a_{n,m}=\frac{\sigma(J_{n,m+1})}{\sigma(J_{n,m})}.

Asymptotic ratio conjecture. The limit exists:

lim⁡m→+∞an,m=δn,\lim_{m\to +\infty}a_{n,m}=\delta_n,

where δn∈R\delta_n\in\mathbb{R}. Moreover,

σ(Jn,m)=(δn)m−3σ(Jn,3).\sigma(J_{n,m})=(\delta_n)^{m-3}\sigma(J_{n,3}).

The conjecture proposes a limiting multiplicative growth rate for the number of spanning trees as the second graph parameter tends to infinity. The preceding numerical values suggest this behavior for n=2n=2 and n=3n=3, but no proof or resolution is supplied in the source.

References

Primary source

Maurizio Imbesi, Monica La Barbiera and Santo Saraceno, “Algorithmic releases on the spanning trees of suitable graphs”, arXiv:1704.04892 (2024).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2017). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1701.08335.

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