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A sharp lower bound for the Wiener index of a graph

Discrete Mathematics 2010-12-13 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

Given a simple connected undirected graph G, the Wiener index W(G) of G is defined as half the sum of the distances over all pairs of vertices of G. In practice, G corresponds to what is known as the molecular graph of an organic compound. We obtain a sharp lower bound for W(G) of an arbitrary graph in terms of the order, size and diameter of G.

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@article{arxiv.1008.4039,
  title  = {A sharp lower bound for the Wiener index of a graph},
  author = {R. Balakrishnan and N. Sridharan and K. V. Iyer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.4039},
  year   = {2010}
}

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Accepted for publication in Ars Combinatoria