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Toughness and spectral radius in graphs

Combinatorics 2024-06-13 v1

Abstract

Let tt be a positive integer, and let GG be a connected graph of order nn with nt+2n\geq t+2. A graph GG is said to be 1t\frac{1}{t}-tough if S1tc(GS)|S|\geq\frac{1}{t}c(G-S) for every subset SS of V(G)V(G) with c(GS)2c(G-S)\geq2, where c(GS)c(G-S) is the number of connected components in GSG-S. The adjacency matrix of GG is denoted by A(G)A(G). Let λ1(G)λ2(G)λn(G)\lambda_1(G)\geq\lambda_2(G)\geq\dots\geq\lambda_n(G) be the eigenvalues of A(G)A(G). In particular, the eigenvalue λ1(G)\lambda_1(G) is called the spectral radius of GG. In this paper, we prove that GG is a 1t\frac{1}{t}-tough graph unless G=K1(Knt1tK1)G=K_1\vee(K_{n-t-1}\cup tK_1) if λ1(G)η(t,n)\lambda_1(G)\geq\eta(t,n), where η(t,n)\eta(t,n) is the largest root of x3(nt2)x2(n1)x+t(nt2)=0x^{3}-(n-t-2)x^{2}-(n-1)x+t(n-t-2)=0.

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@article{arxiv.2406.08224,
  title  = {Toughness and spectral radius in graphs},
  author = {Sufang Wang and Wei Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.08224},
  year   = {2024}
}

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7 pages

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