International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 2005 (2005), Issue 10, Pages 1565-1576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/IJMMS.2005.1565
The higher-order matching polynomial of a graph
1Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida 5101, Venezuela
2ICIMAF, La Habana, Cuba
3Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Los Andes, Apartado Postal A61, La Hechicera, Mérida 5101, Venezuela
Received 27 April 2004; Revised 1 March 2005
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Abstract
Given a graph