English

Graphs cospectral with a friendship graph or its complement

Combinatorics 2013-07-23 v1

Abstract

Let nn be any positive integer and let FnF_n be the friendship (or Dutch windmill) graph with 2n+12n+1 vertices and 3n3n edges. Here we study graphs with the same adjacency spectrum as the FnF_n. Two graphs are called cospectral if the eigenvalues multiset of their adjacency matrices are the same. Let GG be a graph cospectral with FnF_n. Here we prove that if GG has no cycle of length 4 or 5, then GFnG\cong F_n. Moreover if GG is connected and planar then GFnG\cong F_n. All but one of connected components of GG are isomorphic to K2K_2. The complement Fnˉ\bar{F_n} of the friendship graph is determined by its adjacency eigenvalues, that is, if Fnˉ\bar{F_n} is cospectral with a graph HH, then HFnˉH\cong \bar{F_n}.

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@article{arxiv.1307.5411,
  title  = {Graphs cospectral with a friendship graph or its complement},
  author = {Alireza Abdollahi and Shahrooz Janbaz and Mohammad Reza Oboudi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.5411},
  year   = {2013}
}
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