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PathCHSNormClosedForm

Abstract

Complete homogeneous symmetric functions of finite path spectra.

Theorem 1.1 (The path matrix is Hermitian).

Proof. Machine-checked in Lean as D5/S3/Combinatorics/Graph/PathCHS/PathCHSNormClosedForm.pathAdjHermitian (✓ std3). ∎

Source. Repository-derived.

Acknowledgement. Ángel Chávez, Sarah Fullerton, Matilda LaFortune, Keyron Linarez, Nethmin Liyanage, Justin Son and Tyler Ting (2023). Extremal polynomial norms of graphs. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.04689. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04689v3.

Commentary.

The entry with indices i and j equals the entry with indices j and i. The matrix is the adjacency matrix of the path with vertices Fin n.

Definition 1.2 (Complete homogeneous symmetric value).

Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/Graph/PathCHS/PathCHSNormClosedForm.chs (✓ std3).

Citation. Ángel Chávez, Sarah Fullerton, Matilda LaFortune, Keyron Linarez, Nethmin Liyanage, Justin Son and Tyler Ting (2023). Extremal polynomial norms of graphs. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.04689. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04689v3.

Commentary.

Page 2, Equation (1.1): “∑{d=0}^{∞} h_d(x₁, x₂, …, x_n) t^d = ∏{i=1}^{n} 1/(1 − x_i t).” The polynomial hsymm is evaluated at the real eigenvalues of the path adjacency matrix.

Definition 1.3 (The complete homogeneous symmetric norm).

Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/Graph/PathCHS/PathCHSNormClosedForm.chsNorm (✓ std3).

Citation. Ángel Chávez, Sarah Fullerton, Matilda LaFortune, Keyron Linarez, Nethmin Liyanage, Justin Son and Tyler Ting (2023). Extremal polynomial norms of graphs. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.04689. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04689v3.

Commentary.

Page 2, Theorem 1.4: “Suppose d ≥ 2 is even. The following function defines a norm on H_n: ‖A‖_d = h_d(λ₁, λ₂, …, λ_n)^{1/d}.” Natural d is cast to ℝ in the reciprocal exponent.

Definition 1.4 (Finite second-difference expression).

Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/Graph/PathCHS/PathCHSNormClosedForm.pathFormula (✓ std3).

Source. Repository-derived.

Acknowledgement. Ángel Chávez, Sarah Fullerton, Matilda LaFortune, Keyron Linarez, Nethmin Liyanage, Justin Son and Tyler Ting (2023). Extremal polynomial norms of graphs. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.04689. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04689v3.

Commentary.

The upper index is 2m+n−1. Nat.div is natural-number quotient. Each binomial value is cast to ℤ before subtraction.

Definition 1.5 (Problem 1 for path norms).

Formalization. D5/S3/Combinatorics/Graph/PathCHS/PathCHSNormClosedForm.claim (✓ std3).

Source. Repository-derived.

Acknowledgement. Ángel Chávez, Sarah Fullerton, Matilda LaFortune, Keyron Linarez, Nethmin Liyanage, Justin Son and Tyler Ting (2023). Extremal polynomial norms of graphs. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.04689. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04689v3.

Commentary.

Page 14, Section 5, Problem 1: “The path of order n has m = n − 1 edges. Proposition 5.14 (a) therefore implies that ‖P_n‖₂ = √(n − 1). However, computing ‖P_n‖_d for d ≥ 4 seems unattainable at the moment. We leave this is an interesting open problem. Problem 1. Compute ‖P_n‖_d for d ≥ 4.” Here n ≥ 1 and d=2m with m ≥ 2; both the symmetric polynomial and its real root are specified.

Theorem 1.6 (A geometric series times its denominator).

Proof. Machine-checked in Lean as D5/S3/Combinatorics/Graph/PathCHS/PathCHSNormClosedForm.geometric_mul_linear (✓ std3). ∎

Source. Repository-derived.

Acknowledgement. Ángel Chávez, Sarah Fullerton, Matilda LaFortune, Keyron Linarez, Nethmin Liyanage, Justin Son and Tyler Ting (2023). Extremal polynomial norms of graphs. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.04689. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04689v3.

Commentary.

Rescaling the geometric series gives the inverse of 1−aX over any commutative ring.

Theorem 1.7 (The symmetric-polynomial generating function).

Proof. Machine-checked in Lean as D5/S3/Combinatorics/Graph/PathCHS/PathCHSNormClosedForm.hsymm_series_product (✓ std3). ∎

Citation. Ángel Chávez, Sarah Fullerton, Matilda LaFortune, Keyron Linarez, Nethmin Liyanage, Justin Son and Tyler Ting (2023). Extremal polynomial norms of graphs. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.04689. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04689v3.

Commentary.

Equation (1.1), page 2, gives the generating function. Grouping monomials by total degree gives the reciprocal product of the linear factors over a commutative ring.

Theorem 1.8 (Ring homomorphisms and constant-weight continuants).

Proof. Machine-checked in Lean as D5/S3/Combinatorics/Graph/PathCHS/PathCHSNormClosedForm.continuant_map (✓ std3). ∎

Source. Repository-derived.

Acknowledgement. Ángel Chávez, Sarah Fullerton, Matilda LaFortune, Keyron Linarez, Nethmin Liyanage, Justin Son and Tyler Ting (2023). Extremal polynomial norms of graphs. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.04689. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04689v3.

Commentary.

A ring homomorphism preserves the initial values and the second-order recurrence.

Theorem 1.9 (The zero-weight continuant).

Proof. Machine-checked in Lean as D5/S3/Combinatorics/Graph/PathCHS/PathCHSNormClosedForm.continuant_zero (✓ std3). ∎

Source. Repository-derived.

Acknowledgement. Ángel Chávez, Sarah Fullerton, Matilda LaFortune, Keyron Linarez, Nethmin Liyanage, Justin Son and Tyler Ting (2023). Extremal polynomial norms of graphs. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.04689. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04689v3.

Commentary.

At zero weight every term of the continuant is one.

Theorem 1.10 (The reciprocal path continuant).

Proof. Machine-checked in Lean as D5/S3/Combinatorics/Graph/PathCHS/PathCHSNormClosedForm.path_hsymm_series (✓ std3). ∎

Source. Repository-derived.

Acknowledgement. Ángel Chávez, Sarah Fullerton, Matilda LaFortune, Keyron Linarez, Nethmin Liyanage, Justin Son and Tyler Ting (2023). Extremal polynomial norms of graphs. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.04689. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04689v3.

Commentary.

The product over adjacency eigenvalues is the path determinant. Its reciprocal generates the symmetric polynomials.

Theorem 1.11 (Even-degree values).

Proof. Machine-checked in Lean as D5/S3/Combinatorics/Graph/PathCHS/PathCHSNormClosedForm.chs_formula (✓ std3). ∎

Source. Repository-derived.

Acknowledgement. Ángel Chávez, Sarah Fullerton, Matilda LaFortune, Keyron Linarez, Nethmin Liyanage, Justin Son and Tyler Ting (2023). Extremal polynomial norms of graphs. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.04689. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04689v3.

Commentary.

For x(1+q)²=q, the recurrence identity (1+q)ⁿ cont(x;1,1;n)(1−q)=1−qⁿ⁺¹ holds at every order n. It supplies the reciprocal-continuant substitution; the Catalan coefficient transform then gives a binomial second difference and a geometric series of reflections.

Theorem 1.12 (Closed form for every even path norm).

Proof. Machine-checked in Lean as D5/S3/Combinatorics/Graph/PathCHS/PathCHSNormClosedForm.result (✓ std3). ∎

Resolves. Problems/chavez-2023-path-chs-norm-closed-form (proved) by D5/S3/Combinatorics/Graph/PathCHS/PathCHSNormClosedForm.result.

Source. Repository-derived.

Acknowledgement. Ángel Chávez, Sarah Fullerton, Matilda LaFortune, Keyron Linarez, Nethmin Liyanage, Justin Son and Tyler Ting (2023). Extremal polynomial norms of graphs. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.04689. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04689v3.

Commentary.

The second-difference expression gives the complete homogeneous symmetric value and hence its real root.

Theorem 1.13 (Degree of the monic Chebyshev polynomial).

Proof. Machine-checked in Lean as D5/S3/Combinatorics/Graph/PathCHS/PathCHSNormClosedForm.chebS_degree (✓ std3). ∎

Source. Repository-derived.

Acknowledgement. Ángel Chávez, Sarah Fullerton, Matilda LaFortune, Keyron Linarez, Nethmin Liyanage, Justin Son and Tyler Ting (2023). Extremal polynomial norms of graphs. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2311.04689. URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.04689v3.

Commentary.

The identity with the second-kind Chebyshev polynomial after scaling the variable gives degree n.

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