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arxiv: 1206.6783 · v2 · pith:FXR4XKGPnew · submitted 2012-06-28 · 🧮 math.AT

Kirchhoff's theorems in higher dimensions and Reidemeister torsion

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Using ideas from algebraic topology and statistical mechanics, we generalize Kirchhoff's network and matrix-tree theorems to finite CW complexes of arbitrary dimension. As an application, we give a formula expressing Reidemeister torsion as an enumeration of higher dimensional spanning trees.

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