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Ordering $Q$-indices of graphs: given size and girth

Combinatorics 2022-09-07 v1

Abstract

The signless Laplacian matrix in graph spectra theory is a remarkable matrix of graphs, and it is extensively studied by researchers. In 1981, Cvetkovi\'{c} pointed 1212 directions in further investigations of graph spectra, one of which is "classifying and ordering graphs". Along with this classic direction, we pay our attention on the order of the largest eigenvalue of the signless Laplacian matrix of graphs, which is usually called the QQ-index of a graph. Let G(m,g)\mathbb{G}(m, g) (resp. G(m,g)\mathbb{G}(m, \geq g)) be the family of connected graphs on mm edges with girth gg (resp. no less than gg), where g3g\ge3. In this paper, we firstly order the first (g2+2)(\lfloor\frac{g}{2}\rfloor+2) largest QQ-indices of graphs in G(m,g)\mathbb{G}(m, g), where m3g12m\ge 3g\ge 12. Secondly, we order the first (g2+3)(\lfloor\frac{g}{2}\rfloor+3) largest QQ-indices of graphs in G(m,g)\mathbb{G}(m, \geq g), where m3g12m\ge 3g\ge 12. As a complement, we give the first five largest QQ-indices of graphs in G(m,3)\mathbb{G}(m, 3) with m9m\ge 9. Finally, we give the order of the first eleven largest QQ-indices of all connected graphs with size mm.

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@article{arxiv.2209.01771,
  title  = {Ordering $Q$-indices of graphs: given size and girth},
  author = {Yarong Hu and Zhenzhen Lou and Qiongxiang Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.01771},
  year   = {2022}
}