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Spectral radius and traceability of connected claw-free graphs

Combinatorics 2016-12-16 v4

Abstract

Let GG be a connected claw-free graph on nn vertices and G\overline{G} be its complement graph. Let μ(G)\mu(G) be the spectral radius of GG. Denote by Nn3,3N_{n-3,3} the graph consisting of Kn3K_{n-3} and three disjoint pendent edges. In this note we prove that: (1) If μ(G)n4\mu(G)\geq n-4, then GG is traceable unless G=Nn3,3G=N_{n-3,3}. (2) If μ(G)μ(Nn3,3)\mu(\overline{G})\leq \mu(\overline{N_{n-3,3}}) and n24n\geq 24, then GG is traceable unless G=Nn3,3G=N_{n-3,3}. Our works are counterparts on claw-free graphs of previous theorems due to Lu et al., and Fiedler and Nikiforov, respectively.

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@article{arxiv.1406.5404,
  title  = {Spectral radius and traceability of connected claw-free graphs},
  author = {Bo Ning and Binlong Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.5404},
  year   = {2016}
}

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12 pages,3 figures,to appear in FLOMAT