Journal of Mathematics (Jan 2021)

Perfect Matchings in Random Octagonal Chain Graphs

  • Shouliu Wei,
  • Niandong Chen,
  • Xiaoling Ke,
  • Guoliang Hao,
  • Jianwu Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/2324632
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2021

Abstract

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A perfect matching of a (molecule) graph G is a set of independent edges covering all vertices in G. In this paper, we establish a simple formula for the expected value of the number of perfect matchings in random octagonal chain graphs and present the asymptotic behavior of the expectation.