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The inertia of a graph $G$ is defined to be the triplet $In(G) = (p(G), n(G), $ $\eta(G))$, where $p(G)$, $n(G)$ and $\eta(G)$ are the numbers of positive, negative and zero eigenvalues (including multiplicities) of the adjacency matrix…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-01-24 Fang Duan , Qiongxiang Huang , Xueyi Huang

A mixed graph $\widetilde{G}$ is obtained by orienting some edges of $G$, where $G$ is the underlying graph of $\widetilde{G}$. The positive inertia index, denoted by $p^{+}(G)$, and the negative inertia index, denoted by $n^{-}(G)$, of a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-09-17 Shengjie He , Rong-Xia Hao , Aimei Yu

Let $G_w$ be a weighted graph. The \textit{inertia} of $G_w$ is the triple $In(G_w)=\big(i_+(G_w),i_-(G_w), $ $ i_0(G_w)\big)$, where $i_+(G_w),i_-(G_w),i_0(G_w)$ are the number of the positive, negative and zero eigenvalues of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-07-02 Guihai Yu , Xiao-Dong Zhang , Lihua Feng

The number of the positive, negative and zero eigenvalues in the spectrum of the (edge)-weighted graph $G$ are called positive inertia index, negative inertia index and nullity of the weighted graph $G$, and denoted by $i_+(G)$, $i_-(G)$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-07-22 Shuchao Li , Feifei Song

A complex unit gain graph is a triple $\varphi=(G, \mathbb{T}, \varphi)$ (or $G^{\varphi}$ for short) consisting of a simple graph $G$, as the underlying graph of $G^{\varphi}$, the set of unit complex numbers $\mathbb{T}={z\in \mathbb{C}:…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-04 Yong Lu , Qi Wu

Let $G_w$ be a weighted graph. The number of the positive, negative and zero eigenvalues in the spectrum of $G_w$ are called positive inertia index, negative inertia index and nullity of $G_w$, and denoted by $i_{+}(G_w)$, $i_{-}(G_w)$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-11-14 Shibing Deng , Shuchao Li , Feifei Song

Let $G$ be a simple connected graph. We use $n(G)$, $p(G)$, and $\eta(G)$ to denote the number of negative eigenvalues, positive eigenvalues, and zero eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix $A(G)$ of $G$, respectively. In this paper, we prove…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2024-01-04 Songnian Xu , Wenhao Zhen , Dein Wong

Suppose that $\Gamma=(G, \sigma)$ is a connected signed graph with at least one cycle. The number of positive, negative and zero eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix of $\Gamma$ are called positive inertia index, negative inertia index and…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-14 Beiyan Liu , Fang Duan

Let $G^\sigma=(G,\sigma)$ be a connected signed graph and $A(G^\sigma)$ be its adjacency matrix. The positive inertia index of $G^\sigma$, denoted by $p^{+}(G^\sigma)$, is defined as the number of positive eigenvalues of $A(G^\sigma)$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-10 Suliman Khan , Sakander Hayat , Mohammed J. F. Alenazi

Let $\Gamma=(G, \sigma)$ be a signed graph of order $n$ with underlying graph $G$ and a sign function $\sigma: E(G)\rightarrow \{+, -\}$. Denoted by $i_+(\Gamma)$, $\theta(\Gamma)$ and $p(\Gamma)$ the positive inertia index, the cyclomatic…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-01 Jie Pu , Fang Duan

The inertia of a graph $G$ is $\operatorname{In}(G)=(n^+(G),n^0(G),n^-(G))$, where $n^+(G),\, n^0(G),\, n^-(G)$ are the numbers of positive, zero and negative eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix of $G$, respectively, counted with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-11 Hongzhang Chen , Jianxi Li

The inertia bound and ratio bound (also known as the Cvetkovi\'c bound and Hoffman bound) are two fundamental inequalities in spectral graph theory, giving upper bounds on the independence number $\alpha(G)$ of a graph $G$ in terms of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-01 Matthew Kwan , Yuval Wigderson

A mixed graph is obtained by orienting some edges of a simple graph. The positive inertia index of a mixed graph is defined as the number of positive eigenvalues of its Hermitian adjacency matrix, including multiplicities. This matrix was…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-02-23 Xiaocong He , Lihua Feng

The inertia bound gives an upper bound on the independence number of a graph by considering the inertia of matrices corresponding to the graph. The bound is known to be tight for graphs on 10 or fewer vertices as well as for all perfect…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-09-12 John Sinkovic

A well known upper bound for the independence number $\alpha(G)$ of a graph $G$, is that \[ \alpha(G) \le n^0 + \min\{n^+ , n^-\}, \] where $(n^+, n^0, n^-)$ is the inertia of $G$. We prove that this bound is also an upper bound for the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-12-07 Pawel Wocjan , Clive Elphick

Let $G$ be a graph with adjacency matrix $A(G)$. We conjecture that \[2n^+(G) \le n^-(G)(n^-(G) + 1),\] where $n^+(G)$ and $n^-(G)$ denote the number of positive and negative eigenvalues of $A(G)$, respectively. This conjecture generalizes…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Saieed Akbari , Clive Elphick , Hitesh Kumar , Shivaramakrishna Pragada , Quanyu Tang

Let $G$ be a graph on $n$ vertices and $m$ edges. For $\alpha \in [0,1]$, the $A_{\alpha}$-matrix of $G$ is defined as $A_{\alpha}(G) = \alpha D(G) + (1- \alpha) A(G)$, where $A(G)$ is the adjacency matrix and $D(G)$ is the degree diagonal…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-26 Mainak Basunia , Pratima Panigrahi

Let $\Gamma$ be a signed graph. The number of negative eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix of $\Gamma$ is called the negative inertia index of $\Gamma$, which is denoted by $i_-(\Gamma)$. The length of the shortest cycle contained in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-06 BeiYan Liu , Fang Duan

Let $(n^+, n^0, n^-)$ denote the inertia of a graph $G$ with $n$ vertices. Nordhaus-Gaddum bounds are known for inertia, except for an upper bound for $n^-$. We conjecture that for any graph \[ n^-(G) + n^-(\bar{G}) \le 1.5(n - 1), \] and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-03-05 Pawel Wocjan , Clive Elphick

Let $G$ be a graph and let $A(G)$ be the adjacency matrix of $G$. The signature $s(G)$ of $G$ is the difference between the positive inertia index and the negative inertia index of $A(G)$. Ma et al. [Positive and negative inertia index of a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-02-17 Long Wang , Yi-Zheng Fan
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