Abstract
The magnitude of a graph can be thought of as an integer power series associated to a graph; Leinster introduced it using his idea of magnitude of a metric space. Here we introduce a bigraded homology theory for graphs which has the magnitude as its graded Euler characteristic. This is a categorification of the magnitude in the same spirit as Khovanov homology is a categorification of the Jones polynomial. We show how properties of magnitude proved by Leinster categorify to properties such as a Kunneth Theorem and a Mayer-Vietoris Theorem. We prove that joins of graphs have their homology supported on the diagonal. Finally, we give various computer calculated examples.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 31-60 |
Number of pages | 30 |
Journal | Homology, Homotopy and Applications |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 2 Aug 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- magnitude
- graph
- categorification