Lee-Yang phenomena in edge-coloured graph counting

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Authors: Wiesmann, Maximilian
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Abstract

We study the accumulation of zeros of a polynomial arising from the enumeration of edge-coloured graphs along certain limit curves. The polynomial is a variant of an edge-chromatic polynomial, which specialises to the partition function of the ferromagnetic Ising model on a random regular graph. We call this accumulation behaviour a Lee-Yang phenomenon in analogy with the Lee-Yang theorem. The limiting loci are semialgebraic and arise from anti-Stokes curves of an exponential integral.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics Random Matrices and Applications Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods

Publication details

Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
5 January 2026
Document type
Preprint