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The subpath number of a graph G is defined as the total number of subpaths in G, and it is closely related to the number of subtrees, a well-studied topic in graph theory. This paper is a continuation of our previous paper [5], where we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-05 Martin Knor , Jelena Sedlar , Riste Škrekovski , Yu Yang

A cactus is a connected graph in which any two cycles have at most one common vertex. We determine the unique graph that maximizes the distance spectral radius over all cacti with fixed numbers of vertices and cycles, and thus prove a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-03-20 Yanna Wang , Bo Zhou

The quadrilateral graph Q(G) is obtained from G by replacing each edge in G with two parallel paths of length 1 and 3, whereas the pentagonal graph W(G) is obtained from G by replacing each edge in G with two parallel paths of length 1 and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-12-11 Qun Liu , Zhongzhi Zhang

The edge Szeged index and edge-vertex Szeged index of a graph are defined as $Sz_{e}(G)=\sum\limits_{uv\in E(G)}m_{u}(uv|G)m_{v}(uv|G)$ and $Sz_{ev}(G)=\frac{1}{2} \sum\limits_{uv \in E(G)}[n_{u}(uv|G)m_{v}(uv|G)+n_{v}(uv|G)m_{u}(uv|G)],$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-11-08 Shengjie He , Rong-Xia Hao , Aimei Yu

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a strongly connected and balanced digraph with vertex set $V=\{1,\dotsc,n\}$. The classical distance $d_{ij}$ between any two vertices $i$ and $j$ in $G$ is the minimum length of all the directed paths joining $i$ and $j$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-06-04 Balaji R. , Ravindra B. Bapat , Shivani Goel

Let $A(G)$ be the adjacent matrix and $D(G)$ the diagonal matrix of the degrees of a graph $G$, respectively. For $0 \leq \alpha \leq 1$, the $A_{\alpha}$ matrix $A_{\alpha}(G) = \alpha D(G) +(1-\alpha)A(G)$ is given by Nikiforov. Clearly,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-09-21 Shaohui Wang , Chunxiang Wang , Jia-Bao Liu , Bing Wei

Given an undirected graph, the resistance distance between two nodes is the resistance one would measure between these two nodes in an electrical network if edges were resistors. Summing these distances over all pairs of nodes yields the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-10-01 Nicolas Boumal , Xiuyuan Cheng

The subdivision graph $S(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the graph obtained by inserting a new vertex into every edge of $G$. In $\cite{PL}$, two classes of new corona graphs, the corona-vertex of the subdivision graph $G_{1}\diamondsuit G_{2}$ and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-11-15 Qun Liu , Jia-Bao Liu , Shaohui Wang , Masoud Karimi

Let $G_n$ be a graph obtained by the strong product of $P_2$ and $C_n$, where $n\geqslant3$. In this paper, explicit expressions for the Kirchhoff index, multiplicative degree-Kirchhoff index and number of spanning trees of $G_n$ are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-12 Yingui Pan , Jianping Li

Let $G$ be a connected graph. The edge revised Szeged index of $G$ is defined as $Sz^{\ast}_{e}(G)=\sum\limits_{e=uv\in E(G)}(m_{u}(e|G)+\frac{m_{0}(e|G)}{2})(m_{v}(e|G)+\frac{m_{0}(e|G)}{2})$, where $m_{u}(e|G)$ (resp., $m_{v}(e|G)$) is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-04-18 Shengjie He , Rong-Xia Hao , Deming Li

Recently, a novel topological index, Sombor index, was introduced by Gutman, defined as $SO(G)=\sum\limits_{uv\in E(G)}\sqrt{d_{u}^{2}+d_{v}^{2}}$, where $d_{u}$ denotes the degree of vertex $u$. In this paper, we first determine the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-01-11 Hechao Liu

A connected graph $G$ is a cactus if any two of its cycles have at most one common vertex. Let $\ell_n^m$ be the set of cacti on $n$ vertices with matching number $m.$ S.C. Li and M.J. Zhang determined the unique graph with the maximum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-11-24 Yun Shen , Lihua You , Minjie Zhang , Shuchao Li

We study three resistance distance-based graph invariants: the Kirchhoff index, and two modifications, namely, the multiplicative degree-Kirchhoff index and the additive degree-Kirchhoff index. In work in press, one of the present authors…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-03-10 Yujun Yang , Douglas J. Klein

In a graph G; a vertex (resp. an edge) metric generator is a set of vertices S such that any pair of vertices (resp. edges) from G is distinguished by at least one vertex from S: The cardinality of a smallest vertex (resp. edge) metric…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-06 Jelena Sedlar , Riste Škrekovski

The zeroth-order general Randi\'{c} index $R^{0}_{a+1}$ of an $n$-vertices oriented graph $D$ is equal to the sum of $(d^{+}_{u_i})^{a}+(d^{-}_{u_j})^{a}$ over all arcs $u_iu_j$ of $D$, where we denote by $d^{+}_{u_i}$ the out-degree of the…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2022-05-23 Jiaxiang Yang , Hanyuan Deng , Zikai Tang , Hechao Liu

Let $G$ be a graph with edge set $E(G)$. Denote by $d_w$ the degree of a vertex $w$ of $G$. The sigma index of $G$ is defined as $\sum_{uv\in E(G)}(d_u-d_v)^2$. A connected graph of order $n$ and size $n+k-1$ is known as a connected…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-07-12 Akbar Ali , Abeer M. Albalahi , Abdulaziz M. Alanazi , Akhlaq A. Bhatti , Amjad E. Hamza

The Sombor index of a graph $G$ was recently introduced by Gutman from the geometric point of view, defined as $SO(G)=\sum_{uv\in E(G)}\sqrt{d(u)^2+d(v)^2}$, where $d(u)$ is the degree of a vertex $u$. For two real numbers $\alpha$ and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-10-05 Jiachang Ye , Jianguo Qian

We study the Randic index for cactus graphs. It is conjectured to be bounded below by radius (for other than an even path), and it is known to obey several bounds based on diameter. We study radius and diameter for cacti then verify the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-16 Margaret I. Doig

A network can be analyzed by means of many graph theoretical parameters. In the context of networks analysis, closeness is a structural metric that evaluates a node's significance inside a network. A cactus is a connected graph in which any…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-12-01 Fazal Hayat , Shou-Jun Xu

The notion of resistance distance, introduced by Klein and Randi\'c, has become a fundamental concept in spectral graph theory and network analysis, as it captures both the structural and electrical properties of a graph. The associated…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-17 Xiang-Yang Liu , Xiang-Feng Pan , Yong-Yi Jin , Li-Cheng Li