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Equivalence Classes of Staged Trees
In this paper we give a complete characterization of the statistical
equivalence classes of CEGs and of staged trees. We are able to show that all
graphical representations of the same model share a common polynomial
description. Then, simple transformations on that polynomial enable us to
traverse the corresponding class of graphs. We illustrate our results with a
real analysis of the implicit dependence relationships within a previously
studied dataset.Comment: 18 pages, 4 figure
JSJ decompositions of Quadratic Baumslag-Solitar groups
Generalized Baumslag-Solitar groups are defined as fundamental groups of
graphs of groups with infinite cyclic vertex and edge groups. Forester proved
(in "On uniqueness of JSJ decompositions of finitely generated groups",
Comment. Math. Helv. 78 (2003) pp 740-751) that in most cases the defining
graphs are cyclic JSJ decompositions, in the sense of Rips and Sela. Here we
extend Forester's results to graphs of groups with vertex groups that can be
either infinite cyclic or quadratically hanging surface groups.Comment: 20 pages, 2 figures. Several corrections and improvements from
referee's report. Imprtant changes in Definition 5.1, and the proof of
Theorem 5.5 (previously 5.4). Lemma 5.4 was adde
Scattering of Massless Particles: Scalars, Gluons and Gravitons
In a recent note we presented a compact formula for the complete tree-level
S-matrix of pure Yang-Mills and gravity theories in arbitrary spacetime
dimension. In this paper we show that a natural formulation also exists for a
massless colored cubic scalar theory. In Yang-Mills, the formula is an integral
over the space of n marked points on a sphere and has as integrand two factors.
The first factor is a combination of Parke-Taylor-like terms dressed with U(N)
color structures while the second is a Pfaffian. The S-matrix of a U(N)xU(N')
cubic scalar theory is obtained by simply replacing the Pfaffian with a U(N')
version of the previous U(N) factor. Given that gravity amplitudes are obtained
by replacing the U(N) factor in Yang-Mills by a second Pfaffian, we are led to
a natural color-kinematics correspondence. An expansion of the integrand of the
scalar theory leads to sums over trivalent graphs and are directly related to
the KLT matrix. We find a connection to the BCJ color-kinematics duality as
well as a new proof of the BCJ doubling property that gives rise to gravity
amplitudes. We end by considering a special kinematic point where the partial
amplitude simply counts the number of color-ordered planar trivalent trees,
which equals a Catalan number. The scattering equations simplify dramatically
and are equivalent to a special Y-system with solutions related to roots of
Chebyshev polynomials.Comment: 31 page
Tame Decompositions and Collisions
A univariate polynomial f over a field is decomposable if f = g o h = g(h)
for nonlinear polynomials g and h. It is intuitively clear that the
decomposable polynomials form a small minority among all polynomials over a
finite field. The tame case, where the characteristic p of Fq does not divide n
= deg f, is fairly well-understood, and we have reasonable bounds on the number
of decomposables of degree n. Nevertheless, no exact formula is known if
has more than two prime factors. In order to count the decomposables, one wants
to know, under a suitable normalization, the number of collisions, where
essentially different (g, h) yield the same f. In the tame case, Ritt's Second
Theorem classifies all 2-collisions.
We introduce a normal form for multi-collisions of decompositions of
arbitrary length with exact description of the (non)uniqueness of the
parameters. We obtain an efficiently computable formula for the exact number of
such collisions at degree n over a finite field of characteristic coprime to p.
This leads to an algorithm for the exact number of decomposable polynomials at
degree n over a finite field Fq in the tame case
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