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The distinguishing number $D(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the least integer $d$ such that $G$ has a vertex labeling with $d$ labels that is preserved only by a trivial automorphism. The distinguishing stability, of a graph $G$ is denoted by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-09-26 Saeid Alikhani , Samaneh Soltani

A connected undirected graph $G = (V,E)$ is lower conformally rigid if uniform edge weights maximize the second smallest Laplacian eigenvalue $\lambda_2(w)$ over all normalized edge weights $w$, and upper conformally rigid if uniform edge…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-15 Andrew Niu

Stabilization of graphs has received substantial attention in recent years due to its connection to game theory. Stable graphs are exactly the graphs inducing a matching game with non-empty core. They are also the graphs that induce a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2016-08-25 Karthekeyan Chandrasekaran , Corinna Gottschalk , Jochen Könemann , Britta Peis , Daniel Schmand , Andreas Wierz

We present a novel theoretical framework connecting k-component edge connectivity with spectral graph theory and homology theory to pro vide new insights into the resilience of real-world networks. By extending classical edge connectivity…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-10 Joshua Steier

A subset $F$ of edges in a connected graph $G$ is a $h$-extra edge-cut if $G-F$ is disconnected and every component has more than $h$ vertices. The $h$-extra edge-connectivity $\la^{(h)}(G)$ of $G$ is defined as the minimum cardinality over…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-01-22 Zhen-Mu Hong , Jun-Ming Xu

Let $G$ be a simple graph with adjacency matrix $A(G)$, signless Laplacian matrix $Q(G)$, degree diagonal matrix $D(G)$ and let $l(G)$ be the line graph of $G$. In 2017, Nikiforov defined the $A_\alpha$-matrix of $G$, $A_\alpha(G)$, as a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-02-26 Joao Domingos Gomes da Silva Junior , Carla Silva Oliveira , Liliana Manuela Gaspar C. da Costa

Complex systems of interacting components often can be modeled by a simple graph $\mathcal{G}$ that consists of a set of $n$ nodes and a set of $m$ edges. Such a graph can be represented by an adjacency matrix $A\in\R^{n\times n}$, whose…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-09-17 Silvia Noschese , Lothar Reichel

In communication field, an important issue is to group users and base stations to as many as possible subnetworks satisfying certain interference constraints. These problems are usually formulated as a graph partition problems which…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-09-30 Chicheng Ma , Yucong Tang , Guanghui Wang , Guiying Yan , Bo Bai

Let $G$ be a graph of order $n$ and let $u,v$ be vertices of $G$. Let $\kappa_G(u,v)$ denote the maximum number of internally disjoint $u$-$v$ paths in $G$. Then the average connectivity $\overline{\kappa}(G)$ of $G$, is defined as $…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-23 Lucas Mol , Ortrud R. Oellermann , Vibhav Oswal

This paper studies an open consensus network design problem: identifying the optimal simple directed graphs, given a fixed number of vertices and arcs, that maximize the second smallest real part of all Laplacian eigenvalues, referred to as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-18 Susie Lu , Marco Gamarra , Ji Liu

This paper aims to maximize algebraic connectivity of networks via topology design under the presence of constraints and an adversary. We are concerned with three problems. First, we formulate the concave maximization topology design…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-11-15 Tor Anderson , Chin-Yao Chang , Sonia Martinez

The difference between the two largest eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix of a graph $G$ is called the spectral gap of $G.$ If $G$ is a regular graph, then its spectral gap is equal to algebraic connectivity. Abdi, Ghorbani and Imrich, in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-12-06 Ruifang Liu , Jie Xue

By definition, the edge-connectivity of a connected graph is no larger than its minimum degree. In this paper, we prove that the edge connectivity of a finite connected graph with non-negative Lin-Lu-Yau curvature is equal to its minimum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Shiping Liu , Qing Xia

Let $G$ be a graph on $n$ nodes with algebraic connectivity $\lambda_{2}$. The eccentricity of a node is defined as the length of a longest shortest path starting at that node. If $s_\ell$ denotes the number of nodes of eccentricity at most…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-01 B. Afshari , M. Afshari

The Laplacian spread of a graph is the difference between the largest eigenvalue and the second-smallest eigenvalue of the Laplacian matrix of the graph. We find that the class of strongly regular graphs attains the maximum of largest…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-11-25 Fan-Hsuan Lin , Chih-wen Weng

This paper characterizes the graphical properties of an optimal topology with minimal Laplacian energy under the constraint of fixed numbers of vertices and edges, and devises an algorithm to construct such connected optimal graphs. These…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-26 Susie Lu , Ji Liu

The visibility graph of a finite set of points in the plane has the points as vertices and an edge between two vertices if the line segment between them contains no other points. This paper establishes bounds on the edge- and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-01-24 Michael S. Payne , Attila Pór , Pavel Valtr , David R. Wood

The stability method is very useful for obtaining exact solutions of many extremal graph problems. Its key step is to establish the stability property which, roughly speaking, states that any two almost optimal graphs of the same order $n$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-07-30 Oleg Pikhurko

In this paper we explore some results concerning the spread of the line and the total graph of a given graph. In particular, it is proved that for an $(n,m)$ connected graph $G$ with $m > n \geq 4$ the spread of $G$ is less than or equal to…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-07-10 E. Andrade , E. Lenes , E. Mallea , M. Robbiano , Jonnathan Rodríguez

Let $G$ be a graph, and let $\lambda(G)$ denote the smallest eigenvalue of $G$. First, we provide an upper bound for $\lambda(G)$ based on induced bipartite subgraphs of $G$. Consequently, we extract two other upper bounds, one relying on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-16 Aryan Esmailpour , Sara Saeedi Madani , Dariush Kiani