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Two-connected signed graphs with maximum nullity at most two

Combinatorics 2020-02-24 v2

Abstract

A signed graph is a pair (G,Σ)(G,\Sigma), where G=(V,E)G=(V,E) is a graph (in which parallel edges are permitted, but loops are not) with V={1,,n}V=\{1,\ldots,n\} and ΣE\Sigma\subseteq E. The edges in Σ\Sigma are called odd and the other edges of EE even. By S(G,Σ)S(G,\Sigma) we denote the set of all symmetric n×nn\times n matrices A=[ai,j]A=[a_{i,j}] with ai,j<0a_{i,j}<0 if ii and jj are adjacent and connected by only even edges, ai,j>0a_{i,j}>0 if ii and jj are adjacent and connected by only odd edges, ai,jRa_{i,j}\in \mathbb{R} if ii and jj are connected by both even and odd edges, ai,j=0a_{i,j}=0 if iji\not=j and ii and jj are non-adjacent, and ai,iRa_{i,i} \in \mathbb{R} for all vertices ii. The parameters M(G,Σ)M(G,\Sigma) and ξ(G,Σ)\xi(G,\Sigma) of a signed graph (G,Σ)(G,\Sigma) are the largest nullity of any matrix AS(G,Σ)A\in S(G,\Sigma) and the largest nullity of any matrix AS(G,Σ)A\in S(G,\Sigma) that has the Strong Arnold Hypothesis, respectively. In a previous paper, we gave a characterization of signed graphs (G,Σ)(G,\Sigma) with M(G,Σ)1M(G,\Sigma)\leq 1 and of signed graphs with ξ(G,Σ)1\xi(G,\Sigma)\leq 1. In this paper, we characterize the 22-connected signed graphs (G,Σ)(G,\Sigma) with M(G,Σ)2M(G,\Sigma)\leq 2 and the 22-connected signed graphs (G,Σ)(G,\Sigma) with ξ(G,Σ)2\xi(G,\Sigma)\leq 2.

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@article{arxiv.1407.2525,
  title  = {Two-connected signed graphs with maximum nullity at most two},
  author = {Marina Arav and Frank J. Hall and Zhongshan Li and Hein van der Holst},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.2525},
  year   = {2020}
}

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11 pages, 3 figures

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