The enumeration of odd spanning trees in graphs

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Authors: Shaohan Xu, Kexiang Xu
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Abstract

A graph is odd if all of its vertices have odd degrees. In particular, an odd spanning tree in a connected graph is a spanning tree in which all vertices have odd degrees. In this paper we establish a unified technique to enumerate odd spanning trees of a graph $G$ in terms of a multivariable polynomial associated with $G$ and indeterminates $\{x_{i}:v_i\in V(G)\}$. As applications, the enumerative formulas for odd spanning trees in complete graphs, complete multipartite graphs, almost complete graphs, complete split graphs and Ferrers graphs are, respectively, derived from our work.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics Graph theory and applications Advanced Graph Theory Research

Publication details

Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
9 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint