Perfect matchings#
A perfect matching of a set \(S\) is a partition into 2-element sets. If \(S\) is the set \(\{1,...,n\}\), it is equivalent to fixpoint-free involutions. These simple combinatorial objects appear in different domains such as combinatorics of orthogonal polynomials and of the hyperoctaedral groups (see [MV], [McD] and also [CM]):
AUTHOR:
Valentin Feray, 2010 : initial version
Martin Rubey, 2017: inherit from SetPartition, move crossings and nestings to SetPartition
EXAMPLES:
Create a perfect matching:
sage: m = PerfectMatching([('a','e'),('b','c'),('d','f')]);m
[('a', 'e'), ('b', 'c'), ('d', 'f')]
Count its crossings, if the ground set is totally ordered:
sage: n = PerfectMatching([3,8,1,7,6,5,4,2]); n
[(1, 3), (2, 8), (4, 7), (5, 6)]
sage: n.number_of_crossings()
1
List the perfect matchings of a given ground set:
sage: PerfectMatchings(4).list()
[[(1, 2), (3, 4)], [(1, 3), (2, 4)], [(1, 4), (2, 3)]]
REFERENCES:
- MV
combinatorics of orthogonal polynomials (A. de Medicis et X.Viennot, Moments des q-polynômes de Laguerre et la bijection de Foata-Zeilberger, Adv. Appl. Math., 15 (1994), 262-304)
- McD
combinatorics of hyperoctahedral group, double coset algebra and zonal polynomials (I. G. Macdonald, Symmetric functions and Hall polynomials, Oxford University Press, second edition, 1995, chapter VII).
- CM(1,2,3)
Benoit Collins, Sho Matsumoto, On some properties of orthogonal Weingarten functions, arXiv 0903.5143.
- class sage.combinat.perfect_matching.PerfectMatching(parent, s, check=True, sort=True)#
Bases:
sage.combinat.set_partition.SetPartition
A perfect matching.
A perfect matching of a set \(X\) is a set partition of \(X\) where all parts have size 2.
A perfect matching can be created from a list of pairs or from a fixed point-free involution as follows:
sage: m = PerfectMatching([('a','e'),('b','c'),('d','f')]);m [('a', 'e'), ('b', 'c'), ('d', 'f')] sage: n = PerfectMatching([3,8,1,7,6,5,4,2]);n [(1, 3), (2, 8), (4, 7), (5, 6)] sage: isinstance(m,PerfectMatching) True
The parent, which is the set of perfect matchings of the ground set, is automatically created:
sage: n.parent() Perfect matchings of {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}
If the ground set is ordered, one can, for example, ask if the matching is non crossing:
sage: PerfectMatching([(1, 4), (2, 3), (5, 6)]).is_noncrossing() True
- Weingarten_function(d, other=None)#
Return the Weingarten function of two pairings.
This function is the value of some integrals over the orthogonal groups \(O_N\). With the convention of [CM], the method returns \(Wg^{O(d)}(other,self)\).
EXAMPLES:
sage: var('N') N sage: m = PerfectMatching([(1,3),(2,4)]) sage: n = PerfectMatching([(1,2),(3,4)]) sage: factor(m.Weingarten_function(N,n)) -1/((N + 2)*(N - 1)*N)
- loop_type(other=None)#
Return the loop type of
self
.INPUT:
other
– a perfect matching of the same set ofself
. (if the second argument is empty, the methodan_element()
is called on the parent of the first)
OUTPUT:
If we draw the two perfect matchings simultaneously as edges of a graph, the graph obtained is a union of cycles of even lengths. The function returns the ordered list of the semi-length of these cycles (considered as a partition)
EXAMPLES:
sage: m = PerfectMatching([('a','e'),('b','c'),('d','f')]) sage: n = PerfectMatching([('a','b'),('d','f'),('e','c')]) sage: m.loop_type(n) [2, 1]
- loops(other=None)#
Return the loops of
self
.INPUT:
other
– a perfect matching of the same set ofself
. (if the second argument is empty, the methodan_element()
is called on the parent of the first)
OUTPUT:
If we draw the two perfect matchings simultaneously as edges of a graph, the graph obtained is a union of cycles of even lengths. The function returns the list of these cycles (each cycle is given as a list).
EXAMPLES:
sage: m = PerfectMatching([('a','e'),('b','c'),('d','f')]) sage: n = PerfectMatching([('a','b'),('d','f'),('e','c')]) sage: loops = m.loops(n) sage: loops # random [['a', 'e', 'c', 'b'], ['d', 'f']] sage: o = PerfectMatching([(1, 7), (2, 4), (3, 8), (5, 6)]) sage: p = PerfectMatching([(1, 6), (2, 7), (3, 4), (5, 8)]) sage: o.loops(p) [[1, 7, 2, 4, 3, 8, 5, 6]]
- loops_iterator(other=None)#
Iterate through the loops of
self
.INPUT:
other
– a perfect matching of the same set ofself
. (if the second argument is empty, the methodan_element()
is called on the parent of the first)
OUTPUT:
If we draw the two perfect matchings simultaneously as edges of a graph, the graph obtained is a union of cycles of even lengths. The function returns an iterator for these cycles (each cycle is given as a list).
EXAMPLES:
sage: o = PerfectMatching([(1, 7), (2, 4), (3, 8), (5, 6)]) sage: p = PerfectMatching([(1, 6), (2, 7), (3, 4), (5, 8)]) sage: it = o.loops_iterator(p) sage: next(it) [1, 7, 2, 4, 3, 8, 5, 6] sage: next(it) Traceback (most recent call last): ... StopIteration
- number_of_loops(other=None)#
Return the number of loops of
self
.INPUT:
other
– a perfect matching of the same set ofself
. (if the second argument is empty, the methodan_element()
is called on the parent of the first)
OUTPUT:
If we draw the two perfect matchings simultaneously as edges of a graph, the graph obtained is a union of cycles of even lengths. The function returns their numbers.
EXAMPLES:
sage: m = PerfectMatching([('a','e'),('b','c'),('d','f')]) sage: n = PerfectMatching([('a','b'),('d','f'),('e','c')]) sage: m.number_of_loops(n) 2
- partner(x)#
Return the element in the same pair than
x
in the matchingself
.EXAMPLES:
sage: m = PerfectMatching([(-3, 1), (2, 4), (-2, 7)]) sage: m.partner(4) 2 sage: n = PerfectMatching([('c','b'),('d','f'),('e','a')]) sage: n.partner('c') 'b'
- standardization()#
Return the standardization of
self
.See
SetPartition.standardization()
for details.EXAMPLES:
sage: n = PerfectMatching([('c','b'),('d','f'),('e','a')]) sage: n.standardization() [(1, 5), (2, 3), (4, 6)]
- to_graph()#
Return the graph corresponding to the perfect matching.
OUTPUT:
The realization of
self
as a graph.EXAMPLES:
sage: PerfectMatching([[1,3], [4,2]]).to_graph().edges(sort=True, labels=False) [(1, 3), (2, 4)] sage: PerfectMatching([[1,4], [3,2]]).to_graph().edges(sort=True, labels=False) [(1, 4), (2, 3)] sage: PerfectMatching([]).to_graph().edges(sort=True, labels=False) []
- to_noncrossing_set_partition()#
Return the noncrossing set partition (on half as many elements) corresponding to the perfect matching if the perfect matching is noncrossing, and otherwise gives an error.
OUTPUT:
The realization of
self
as a noncrossing set partition.EXAMPLES:
sage: PerfectMatching([[1,3], [4,2]]).to_noncrossing_set_partition() Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: matching must be non-crossing sage: PerfectMatching([[1,4], [3,2]]).to_noncrossing_set_partition() {{1, 2}} sage: PerfectMatching([]).to_noncrossing_set_partition() {}
- class sage.combinat.perfect_matching.PerfectMatchings(s)#
Bases:
sage.combinat.set_partition.SetPartitions_set
Perfect matchings of a ground set.
INPUT:
s
– an iterable of hashable objects or an integer
EXAMPLES:
If the argument
s
is an integer \(n\), it will be transformed into the set \(\{1, \ldots, n\}\):sage: M = PerfectMatchings(6); M Perfect matchings of {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} sage: PerfectMatchings([-1, -3, 1, 2]) Perfect matchings of {1, 2, -3, -1}
One can ask for the list, the cardinality or an element of a set of perfect matching:
sage: PerfectMatchings(4).list() [[(1, 2), (3, 4)], [(1, 3), (2, 4)], [(1, 4), (2, 3)]] sage: PerfectMatchings(8).cardinality() 105 sage: M = PerfectMatchings(('a', 'e', 'b', 'f', 'c', 'd')) sage: x = M.an_element() sage: x # random [('a', 'c'), ('b', 'e'), ('d', 'f')] sage: all(PerfectMatchings(i).an_element() in PerfectMatchings(i) ....: for i in range(2,11,2)) True
- Element#
alias of
PerfectMatching
- Weingarten_matrix(N)#
Return the Weingarten matrix corresponding to the set of PerfectMatchings
self
.It is a useful theoretical tool to compute polynomial integrals over the orthogonal group \(O_N\) (see [CM]).
EXAMPLES:
sage: M = PerfectMatchings(4).Weingarten_matrix(var('N')) sage: N*(N-1)*(N+2)*M.apply_map(factor) [N + 1 -1 -1] [ -1 N + 1 -1] [ -1 -1 N + 1]
- base_set()#
Return the base set of
self
.EXAMPLES:
sage: PerfectMatchings(3).base_set() {1, 2, 3}
- base_set_cardinality()#
Return the cardinality of the base set of
self
.EXAMPLES:
sage: PerfectMatchings(3).base_set_cardinality() 3
- cardinality()#
Return the cardinality of the set of perfect matchings
self
.This is \(1*3*5*...*(2n-1)\), where \(2n\) is the size of the ground set.
EXAMPLES:
sage: PerfectMatchings(8).cardinality() 105 sage: PerfectMatchings([1,2,3,4]).cardinality() 3 sage: PerfectMatchings(3).cardinality() 0 sage: PerfectMatchings([]).cardinality() 1
- random_element()#
Return a random element of
self
.EXAMPLES:
sage: M = PerfectMatchings(('a', 'e', 'b', 'f', 'c', 'd')) sage: x = M.random_element() sage: x # random [('a', 'b'), ('c', 'd'), ('e', 'f')]