2 papers
math.CO2014
Towards a q-analogue of the Harer-Zagier formula via rook placements
Max Wimberley
In 1986 Harer and Zagier computed a certain matrix integral to determine an influential closed-form formula for the number of (orientable) one-face maps on n vertices colored from…
math.CO2014
Extreme rays of the -Schur Cone
Christian Gaetz, Kyle Meyer, Ka Yu Tam +3
We discuss several partial results towards proving Dennis White's conjecture on the extreme rays of the -Schur cone. We are interested in which vectors are extreme in the co…