Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4656285 Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A 2007 24 Pages PDF
Abstract

We describe a general construction principle for a class of self-similar graphs. For various enumeration problems, we show that this construction leads to polynomial systems of recurrences and provide methods to solve these recurrences asymptotically. This is shown for different examples involving classical self-similar graphs such as the Sierpiński graphs. The enumeration problems we investigate include counting independent subsets, matchings and connected subsets.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics