Abstract

This chapter covers a general process which can be seen as the exchange of discrete tokens between different sites according to simple rules. Instances of this process include the chip-firing game and the abelian sandpile model. We concentrate on connections with the Tutte polynomial. The chip-firing game and the sandpile model. The relationship between the chip-firing game with the Tutte polynomial. The critical group and parking functions.

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