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Cumulants of the q-semicircular Law, Tutte Polynomials, and Heaps

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The q-semicircular distribution is a probability law that interpolates between the Gaussian law and the semicircular law. There is a combinatorial interpretation of its moments in terms of matchings where q follows the number of crossings, whereas for the free cumulants one has to restrict the enumeration to connected matchings. The purpose of this article is to describe combinatorial properties of the classical cumulants. We show that like the free cumulants, they are obtained by an enumeration of connected matchings, the weight being now an evaluation of the Tutte polynomial of a so-called crossing graph. The case q=0 of these cumulants was studied by Lassalle using symmetric functions and hypergeometric series. We show that the underlying combinatorics is explained through the theory of heaps, which is Viennot's geometric interpretation of the Cartier-Foata monoid. This method also gives a general formula for the cumulants in terms of free cumulants.
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hal-00787795 , version 1 (13-02-2013)

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Matthieu Josuat-Vergès. Cumulants of the q-semicircular Law, Tutte Polynomials, and Heaps. Canadian Journal of Mathematics, 2013, 65, pp.863-878. ⟨10.4153/CJM-2012-042-9⟩. ⟨hal-00787795⟩
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