Enumeration of labelled 4-regular planar graphs II: asymptotics

This work is a follow-up of the article (Noy et al., 2019), where the authors solved the problem of counting labelled 4-regular planar graphs. In this paper, we obtain a precise asymptotic estimate for the number of labelled 4-regular planar graphs on vertices. Our estimate is of the form , where is...

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Autores: Noy Serrano, Marcos|||0000-0002-2399-1359, Requile, Clement|||0000-0002-7689-7972, Rué Perna, Juan José|||0000-0002-6420-3179
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/395317
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/395317
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2022.103661
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Combinatorial analysis
Combinacions (Matemàtica)
Classificació AMS::05 Combinatorics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Matemàtica discreta::Combinatòria
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Sumario:This work is a follow-up of the article (Noy et al., 2019), where the authors solved the problem of counting labelled 4-regular planar graphs. In this paper, we obtain a precise asymptotic estimate for the number of labelled 4-regular planar graphs on vertices. Our estimate is of the form , where is a constant and is the radius of convergence of the generating function , and conforms to the universal pattern obtained previously in the enumeration of several classes of planar graphs. In addition to analytic methods, our solution needs intensive use of computer algebra in order to deal with large systems of multivariate polynomial equations. We also obtain asymptotic estimates for the number of 2- and 3-connected 4-regular planar graphs, and for the number of 4-regular simple maps, both connected and 2-connected.