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Given a graph $G$, we have the adjacency matrix $A(G)$ and degree diagonal matrix $D(G)$. The $Q$-spectrum is the all eigenvalues of $Q$-matrix $Q(G)=A(G)+D(G)$. A class of graphs is determined by their generalized $Q$-spectrum (DGQS for…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2023-11-07 Liwen Gao , Xuejun Guo

Let $(X,E_X)$ and $(V,E_V)$ be finite connected graphs without loops. We assume that $V$ has two distinguished vertices $a,b$ and an automorphism $\gamma$ which exchanges $a$ and~$b$. The $V$-edge substitution of $X$ is the graph $X[V]$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-21 Thomas Hirschler , Wolfgang Woess

We provide three infinite families of graphs in the Johnson and Grassmann schemes that are not uniquely determined by their spectrum. We do so by constructing graphs that are cospectral but non-isomorphic to these graphs.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-05-29 Aida Abiad , Jozefien D'haeseleer , Willem H. Haemers , Robin Simoens

Originating from spectral graph theory, cospectrality is a powerful generalization of exchange symmetry and can be applied to all real-valued symmetric matrices. Two vertices of an undirected graph with real edge weights are cospectral iff…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-04-19 Christian V. Morfonios , Maxim Pyzh , Malte Röntgen , Peter Schmelcher

The graphs with all equal negative or positive eigenvalues are special kind in the spectral graph theory. In this article, several iterated line graphs $\mathcal{L}^k(G)$ with all equal negative eigenvalues $-2$ are characterized for $k\ge…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Harishchandra S. Ramane , B. Parvathalu , Daneshwari Patil , K. Ashoka

A graph $H$ is an \emph{isometric} subgraph of $G$ if $d_H(u,v)= d_G(u,v)$, for every pair~$u,v\in V(H)$. A graph is \emph{distance preserving} if it has an isometric subgraph of every possible order. A graph is \emph{sequentially distance…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-02-14 Jason P. Smith , Emad Zahedi

A graph on $2k+1$ vertices consisting of $k$ triangles which intersect in exactly one common vertex is called a $k$-fan and denoted by $F_k$. This paper aims to determine the graphs of order $n$ that have the maximum (adjacency) spectral…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-12-02 Sebastian Cioaba , Lihua Feng , Michael Tait , Xiao-Dong Zhang

Switching is an operation on a graph that does not change the spectrum of the adjacency matrix, thus producing cospectral graphs. An important activity in the field of spectral graph theory is the characterization of graphs by their…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Aida Abiad , Nils Van de Berg , Robin Simoens

Let $G$ be a graph with minimum degree $\delta$. The spectral radius of $G$, denoted by $\rho(G)$, is the largest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of $G$. In this note we mainly prove the following two results. (1) Let $G$ be a graph on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-02-12 Bo Ning , Jun Ge

Let $k$ and $n$ be integers such that $1\leq k \leq n-1$, and let $G$ be a simple graph of order $n$. The $k$-token graph $F_k(G)$ of $G$ is the graph whose vertices are the $k$-subsets of $V(G)$, where two vertices are adjacent in $F_k(G)$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Ruy Fabila-Monroy , Jesús Leaños , Ana Laura Trujillo-Negrete

We present enumeration results on the number of connected graphs up to 10 vertices for which there is at least one other graph with the same spectrum (a cospectral mate), or at least one other graph with the same Smith normal form…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-08-14 Aida Abiad , Carlos A. Alfaro

The energy of a graph $G$ is the sum of the absolute values of the eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix of $G$. Let $s^+(G), s^-(G)$ denote the sum of the squares of the positive and negative eigenvalues of $G$, respectively. It was…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-10 Aida Abiad , Leonardo de Lima , Dheer Noal Desai , Krystal Guo , Leslie Hogben , Jose Madrid

In this paper we study the complementarity spectrum of digraphs, with special attention to the problem of digraph characterization through this complementarity spectrum. That is, whether two non-isomorphic digraphs with the same number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-10-11 Diego Bravo , Florencia Cubría , Marcelo Fiori , Vilmar Trevisan

Let $G_S$ be a graph with loops obtained from a graph $G$ of order $n$ and loops at $S \subseteq V(G)$. In this paper, we establish a neccesary and sufficient condition on the bipartititeness of a connected graph $G$ and the spectrum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-04-12 Saieed Akbari , Hussah Al Menderj , Miin Huey Ang , Johnny Lim , Zhen Chuan Ng

A sequence $D=(d_1,d_2,\ldots,d_n)$ of non-negative integers is called a graphic sequence if there is a simple graph with vertices $v_1,v_2,\ldots,v_n$ such that the degree of $v_i$ is $d_i$ for $1\leq i\leq n$. Given a graph theoretical…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-23 Peiyi Duan , Yingzhi Tian

A spectral characterization of the matching number (the size of a maximum matching) of a graph is given. More precisely, it is shown that the graphs G of order n whose matching number is k are precisely those graphs with the maximum skew…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-02-12 Keivan Hassani Monfared , Sudipta Mallik

Given a simple graph $G$, its $A_\alpha$ matrix is a convex combination with parameter $\alpha\in [0,1]$ of its adjacency matrix and its degree diagonal matrices. Here we compare two lower bounds presented in [J. D. G. Silva Jr., C. S.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Giovanni Barbarino

Let $p, k, q$ be positive integers with $p-2 \geqslant k$ and let $K_{p,k}^{q}$ be the generalized pineapple graph which is obtained by joining independent set of $q$ vertices with $k$ vertices of a complete graph $K_{p}.$ In \cite{TSH2},…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-11 Borchen Li , Qingzhong Ji

The $k$-token graph $F_k(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the graph whose vertices are the $k$-subsets of vertices from $G$, two of which being adjacent whenever their symmetric difference is a pair of adjacent vertices in $G$. In this paper, we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-01 M. A. Reyes , C. Dalfó , M. A. Fiol , A. Messegué

In this article we investigate normalized adjacency eigenvalues (simply normalized eigenvalues) and normalized adjacency energy of connected threshold graphs. A threshold graph can always be represented as a unique binary string. Certain…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-08 Anirban Banerjee , Ranjit Mehatari