On determinants of resistance matrices

Abstract

We prove a new combinatorial identity for the determinant of the resistance matrix of a finite graph, which involves counts of spanning trees and forests. This generalizes a result of Graham and Pollak on distances matrices of trees. We make use of Bapat's expression of the resistance matrix determinant as a linear algebraic quantity.

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