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This work presents conjectures about eigenvalues of matrices associated with $k$-path graphs, the algebraic connectivity, defined as the second smallest eigenvalue of the Laplacian matrix, and the $\alpha$-index, as the largest eigenvalue…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-04-06 Rafael L. de Paula , Claudia M. Justel , Carla S. Oliveira , Milena S. Carauba

Based on matrix perturbation theory, closed-form analytic expansions are studied for a Laplacian eigenvalue of an undirected, possibly weighted graph, which is close to a unique degree in that graph. An approximation is presented to provide…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-29 Piet Van Mieghem , Yingyue Ke

The smallest eigenvalue of a graph is the smallest eigenvalue of its adjacency matrix. We show that the family of graphs with smallest eigenvalue at least $-\lambda$ can be defined by a finite set of forbidden induced subgraphs if and only…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Zilin Jiang , Alexandr Polyanskii

The signless Laplacian matrix of a graph $G$ is defined to be the sum of its adjacency matrix and degree diagonal matrix, and its eigenvalues are called $Q$-eigenvalues of $G$. A $Q$-eigenvalue of a graph $G$ is called a $Q$-main eigenvalue…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-04-15 Shuchao Li , Xue Yang

Let G be a graph with adjacency matrix A(G) and degree diagonal matrix D(G). In 2017, Nikiforov [1] defined the matrix Aalpha(G), as a convex combination of A(G) and D(G), the following way, Aalpha(G) = alpha A(G) + (1 - alpha)D(G), where…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-01-10 João Domingos G. da Silva , Carla Silva Oliveira , Liliana Manuela G. C. da Costa

For a finite simple undirected graph $G$, let $\gamma(G)$ denote the size of a smallest dominating set of $G$ and $\mu(G)$ denote the number of eigenvalues of the Laplacian matrix of $G$ in the interval $[0,1)$, counting multiplicities.…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Deepak Rajendraprasad , Durga R. Sankaranarayanan

We investigate the structure of trees that have greatest maximum eigenvalue among all trees with a given degree sequence. We show that in such an extremal tree the degree sequence is non-increasing with respect to an ordering of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-04-18 Tuerker Biyikoglu , Marc Hellmuth , Josef Leydold

We describe our current understanding on the phase transition phenomenon of the graph Laplacian eigenvectors constructed on a certain type of unweighted trees, which we previously observed through our numerical experiments. The eigenvalue…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-08-23 Yuji Nakatsukasa , Naoki Saito , Ernest Woei

Ahanjideh, Akbari, Fakharan and Trevisan proposed a conjecture in [Linear Algebra Appl. 632 (2022) 1--14] on the distribution of the Laplacian eigenvalues of graphs: for any connected graph of order $n$ with diameter $d\ge 2$ that is not a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Leyou Xu , Bo Zhou

The graph entropy describes the structural information of graph. Motivated by the definition of graph entropy in general graphs, the graph entropy of hypergraphs based on Laplacian degree are defined. Some results on graph entropy of simple…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-03-30 Pengli Lu , Yulong Xue

Graphs with diverse structural characteristics play a central role in modelling and optimization tasks. The ability to generate different types of graphs that exhibit shared properties is likewise essential for algorithm selection and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Hendrik Richter , Frank Neumann

We extend the results given by Colbois, Dryden and El Soufi on the relationships between the eigenvalues of the Laplacian and an extrinsic invariant called intersection index, in two directions. First, we replace this intersection index by…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2013-04-30 Asma Hassannezhad

The extremal eigenvalues including maximum eigenvalues and the minimum eigenvalues about outerplanar graphs are investigated in this paper. Some structural characterizations about the (edge) maximal bipartite outerplanar graphs are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-12-17 Guanglong Yu

We study the eigenspace of the Laplacian matrix of a simple graph corresponding to the largest eigenvalue, subsequently arriving at the theory of modular decomposition of T. Gallai.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-02-17 Benjamin Iriarte Giraldo

A signless Laplacian eigenvalue of a graph $G$ is called a main signless Laplacian eigenvalue if it has an eigenvector the sum of whose entries is not equal to zero. In this paper, we first give the necessary and sufficient conditions for a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-08-30 Hanyuan Deng , He Huang

In this paper, we obtain a comparison of Steklov eigenvalues and Laplacian eigenvalues on graphs and discuss its rigidity. As applications of the comparison of eigenvalues, we obtain Lichnerowicz-type estimates and some combinatorial…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-05-17 Yongjie Shi , Chengjie Yu

A number of recent papers have considered signed graph Laplacians, a generalization of the classical graph Laplacian, where the edge weights are allowed to take either sign. In the classical case, where the edge weights are all positive,…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2020-05-20 Ikemefuna Agbanusi , Jared C. Bronski , Derek Kielty

Let $G$ be a connected undirected graph with $n$, $n\ge 3$, vertices and $m$ edges. Denote by $\rho_1 \ge \rho_2 \ge \cdots > \rho_n =0$ the normalized Laplacian eigenvalues of $G$. Upper and lower bounds of $\rho_i$, $i=1,2,\ldots , n-1$,…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-06-19 Emina I. Milovanovic , Igor Z. Milovanovic

We discuss Laplacian spectrum on a finite metric graph with vertex couplings violating the time-reversal invariance. For the class of star graphs we determine, under the condition of a fixed total edge length, the configurations for which…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-03-14 Pavel Exner , Jonathan Rohleder

For a self--adjoint Laplace operator on a finite, not necessarily compact, metric graph lower and upper bounds on each of the negative eigenvalues are derived. For compact finite metric graphs Poincar\'{e} type inequalities are given.

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2021-03-29 Amru Hussein