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Let $b(k,\theta)$ be the maximum order of a connected bipartite $k$-regular graph whose second largest eigenvalue is at most $\theta$. In this paper, we obtain a general upper bound for $b(k,\theta)$ for any $0\leq \theta< 2\sqrt{k-1}$. Our…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-03-05 Sebastian M. Cioabă , Jack H. Koolen , Hiroshi Nozaki

Given a hereditary family $\mathcal{G}$ of admissible graphs and a function $\lambda(G)$ that linearly depends on the statistics of order-$\kappa$ subgraphs in a graph $G$, we consider the extremal problem of determining…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-02-23 Oleg Pikhurko , Jakub Sliacan , Konstantinos Tyros

This paper gives tight upper bounds on the number of edges and the index for $\mathcal{K}^-_{r + 1}$-free unbalanced signed graphs, where $\mathcal{K}^-_{r + 1}$ is the set of $r+1$-vertices unbalanced signed complete graphs. \indent We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Zhuang Xiong , Yaoping Hou

Let $G$ be a graph on $n$ vertices with $r := \lfloor n/2 \rfloor$ and let $\lambda_1 \geq...\geq \lambda_{n} $ be adjacency eigenvalues of $G$. Then the H\"uckel energy of $G$, HE($G$), is defined as $$\he(G) = {ll} 2\sum_{i=1}^{r}…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-09-04 Ebrahim Ghorbani , Jack H. Koolen , Jae Young Yang

The sum of the absolute values of the eigenvalues of a graph is called the energy of the graph. We study the problem of finding graphs with extremal energy within specified classes of graphs. We develop tools for treating such problems and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-10-31 Dragos Cvetkovic , Jason Grout

For any $\epsilon > 0$, we show that if $G$ is a regular graph on $n \gg_\epsilon 1$ vertices that is $\epsilon$-far (differs by at least $\epsilon n^2$ edges) from any Tur\'{a}n graph, then its second eigenvalue $\lambda_2$ satisfies…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-15 Shengtong Zhang

Let $G$ be a $k$-degenerate graph of order $n.$ It is well-known that $G\ $has no more edges than $S_{n,k},$ the join of a complete graph of order $k$ and an independent set of order $n-k.$ In this note it is shown that $S_{n,k}$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-03-25 V. Nikiforov

For a graph $G$ of order $n$, let $$ \lambda_1(G)\ge \cdots \ge \lambda_n(G) $$ be the eigenvalues of its adjacency matrix. We prove that every graph $G$ on $n\ge 3$ vertices satisfies $$ \lambda_3(G)\le \frac{n}{3}-1, $$ thereby solving a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Quanyu Tang

We use two variational techniques to prove upper bounds for sums of the lowest several eigenvalues of matrices associated with finite, simple, combinatorial graphs. These include estimates for the adjacency matrix of a graph and for both…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2013-08-27 Evans M. Harell , Joachim Stubbe

In 1979, Neumaier gave a bound on $\lambda$ in terms of $m$ and $\mu$, where $-m$ is the smallest eigenvalue of a primitive strongly regular graph, unless the graph in question belongs to one of the two infinite families of strongly regular…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Jack Koolen , Chenhui Lv , Greg Markowsky , Jongyook Park

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

A subgraph $H$ of a multigraph $G$ is called strongly spanning, if any vertex of $G$ is not isolated in $H$, while it is called maximum $k$-edge-colorable, if $H$ is proper $k$-edge-colorable and has the largest size. We introduce a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-12-09 Vahan V. Mkrtchyan , Gagik N. Vardanyan

The \textit{toughness} $t(G)$ of a graph $G$ is a measure of its connectivity that is closely related to Hamiltonicity. Brouwer proved the lower bound $t(G) > \ell / \lambda - 2$ on the toughness of any connected $\ell$-regular graph, where…

Let $G$ be a graph. The spectral radius $\rho(G)$ of $G$ is the largest eigenvalue of its adjacency matrix. For an integer $k\geq1$, a $k$-factor of $G$ is a $k$-regular spanning subgraph of $G$. Assume that $k$ and $n$ are integers…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-11 Xinying Tang , Wenqian Zhang

In this note we give a new upper bound for the Laplacian eigenvalues of an unweighted graph. Let $G$ be a simple graph on $n$ vertices. Let $d_{m}(G)$ and $\lambda_{m+1}(G)$ be the $m$-th smallest degree of $G$ and the $m+1$-th smallest…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-06-07 Miriam Farber , Ido Kaminer

For a graph $G$, its $k$-th graph power $G^k$ is constructed by placing an edge between two vertices if they are within distance $k$. We consider the problem of deriving upper bounds on the Shannon capacity of graph powers by using spectral…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Aida Abiad , Cristina Dalfó , Miquel Àngel Fiol

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

We give a bound for the graph energy with given maximal degree in terms of the second and fourth moments of a graph. In the case in which the graph is $d$-regular we obtain the bound that is given in Van Dam, E. et al. (2014). through…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-03-01 Octavio Arizmendi , Jorge Fernandez Hidalgo

We prove that the maximum eigenvalue of the (both signed and unsigned) Laplacian of level $k$ Kikuchi graph of any graph $G$ with $m$ edges is at most $m+k$. This confirms four recent conjectures of Apte, Parekh, and Sud. As applications,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-15 Ainesh Bakshi , Arpon Basu , Pravesh Kothari , Anqi Li

Let $q(G)$ denote the $Q$-index of a graph $G$, which is the largest signless Laplacian eigenvalue of $G$. We prove best possible upper bounds of $q(G)$ and best possible lower bounds of $q(\overline{G})$ for a connected graph $G$ to be…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-04-11 Huicai Jia , Hong-Jian Lai , Ruifang Liu , Ju Zhou