Hopf Algebra of Graphs for Operator Splitting Methods

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Motivated by combinatorial identities arising in the study of operator splitting methods and their description in terms of bipartite rooted trees, we establish a connection between operator splitting methods and the theory of combinatorial Hopf algebras. We show that the inclusion-exclusion expansion of the elementary weight of a rooted tree over its rooted subforests can be interpreted as the antipode of Schmitt's Hopf algebra of graphs. This interpretation recovers known identities for operator splitting and partitioned Runge-Kutta methods from general properties of the antipode. We further show that adjoint operator splitting methods can be described algebraically through the antipode and the canonical involution of the original method. The resulting framework also yields new combinatorial identities and connects the analysis of geometric numerical integrators with the theory of incidence Hopf algebras.

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@misc{leon2026hopf,
  title = {{Hopf Algebra of Graphs for Operator Splitting Methods}},
  author = {Gabriel A. Barrios de Leon},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2611.00145},
  eprint = {2611.00145},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.00145},
}

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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Hopf Algebra of Graphs for Operator Splitting Methods
AU  - Gabriel A. Barrios de Leon
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/11/01
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2611.00145
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.00145
AB  - Motivated by combinatorial identities arising in the study of operator splitting methods and their description in terms of bipartite rooted trees, we establish a connection between operator splitting methods and the theory of combinatorial Hopf algebras. We show that the inclusion-exclusion expansion of the elementary weight of a rooted tree over its rooted subforests can be interpreted as the antipode of Schmitt's Hopf algebra of graphs. This interpretation recovers known identities for operator splitting and partitioned Runge-Kutta methods from general properties of the antipode. We further show that adjoint operator splitting methods can be described algebraically through the antipode and the canonical involution of the original method. The resulting framework also yields new combinatorial identities and connects the analysis of geometric numerical integrators with the theory of incidence Hopf algebras.
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