Spectral extremal problems for fractional $ID$-$[a,b]$-factor-critical graphs
Abstract
A factor of a graph is essentially a specific type spanning subgraph. In recent years, the spectral extremal problem of characterizing the existence of graph factors via eigenvalues has been widely studied. This paper focuses on fractional --factor-critical graphs, which are a natural generalization of fractional -factors. Let be an integer. A graph is fractional --factor-critical if for every independent set of with , has a fractional -factor. In 2026, Jia, Fan and Liu posed the spectral version conjecture for a graph to be fractional --factor-critical [Linear Algebra Appl. 732 (2026) 1-17]. In this paper, we first prove the conjecture holds for connected graphs when . Furthermore, for minimum degree , we present spectral radius and size conditions that ensure a graph is fractional --factor-critical, which improve the results of Jia, Fan and Liu.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2606.31064,
title = {Spectral extremal problems for fractional $ID$-$[a,b]$-factor-critical graphs},
author = {Zengzhao Xu and Ligong Wang and Weige Xi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.31064},
year = {2026}
}