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arxiv: 1212.5961 · v1 · pith:HJZRQCFNnew · submitted 2012-12-24 · 🧮 math.CO

On terminal forms for topological polynomials for ribbon graphs: The N-petal flower

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The Bollobas-Riordan polynomial [Math. Ann. 323, 81 (2002)] extends the Tutte polynomial and its contraction/deletion rule for ordinary graphs to ribbon graphs. Given a ribbon graph $\cG$, the related polynomial should be computable from the knowledge of the terminal forms of $\cG$ namely specific induced graphs for which the contraction/deletion procedure becomes more involved. We consider some classes of terminal forms as rosette ribbon graphs with $N\ge 1$ petals and solve their associate Bollobas-Riordan polynomial. This work therefore enlarges the list of terminal forms for ribbon graphs for which the Bollobas-Riordan polynomial could be directly deduced.

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