English

New conjectures on algebraic connectivity and the Laplacian spread of graphs

Combinatorics 2022-01-13 v1

Abstract

We conjecture a new lower bound on the algebraic connectivity of a graph that involves the number of vertices of high eccentricity in a graph. We prove that this lower bound implies a strengthening of the Laplacian Spread Conjecture. We discuss further conjectures, also strengthening the Laplacian Spread Conjecture, that include a conjecture for simple graphs and a conjecture for weighted graphs.

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@article{arxiv.2201.04225,
  title  = {New conjectures on algebraic connectivity and the Laplacian spread of graphs},
  author = {Wayne Barrett and Emily Evans and H. Tracy Hall and Mark Kempton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.04225},
  year   = {2022}
}