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Path matrix and path energy of graphs

Data Structures and Algorithms 2019-02-20 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

Given a graph GG, we associate a path matrix PP whose (i,j)(i, j) entry represents the maximum number of vertex disjoint paths between the vertices ii and jj, with zeros on the main diagonal. In this note, we resolve four conjectures from [M. M. Shikare, P. P. Malavadkar, S. C. Patekar, I. Gutman, \emph{On Path Eigenvalues and Path Energy of Graphs}, MATCH Commun. Math. Comput. Chem. {\bf 79} (2018), 387--398.] on the path energy of graphs and finally present efficient O(EV3)O(|E| |V|^3) algorithm for computing the path matrix used for verifying computational results.

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@article{arxiv.1810.04870,
  title  = {Path matrix and path energy of graphs},
  author = {Aleksandar Ilic and Milan Basic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.04870},
  year   = {2019}
}

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8 pages

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