Graph polynomials serve as powerful invariants that encode both combinatorial and topological features of graphs drawn on surfaces. Beginning with the classical Tutte polynomial for planar graphs, ...

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Computer scientists are abuzz over a fast new algorithm for solving one of the central problems in the field. (January 15, 2017, update: On January 4, Babai retracted his claim that the new algorithm ...