A graph is introduced,which allows of a combinatorial interpretation of a discrete-timesemi-infinite Lotka-Volterra (dLV) equation.In particular,Hankel determinants used in a determinantsolution to the dLV equation ar...A graph is introduced,which allows of a combinatorial interpretation of a discrete-timesemi-infinite Lotka-Volterra (dLV) equation.In particular,Hankel determinants used in a determinantsolution to the dLV equation are evaluated,via the Gessel-Viennot method,in terms of non-intersectingsubgraphs.Further,the recurrence of the dLV equation describing its time-evolution is equivalentlyexpressed as a time-evolution of weight of specific subgraphs.展开更多
文摘A graph is introduced,which allows of a combinatorial interpretation of a discrete-timesemi-infinite Lotka-Volterra (dLV) equation.In particular,Hankel determinants used in a determinantsolution to the dLV equation are evaluated,via the Gessel-Viennot method,in terms of non-intersectingsubgraphs.Further,the recurrence of the dLV equation describing its time-evolution is equivalentlyexpressed as a time-evolution of weight of specific subgraphs.