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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

Given a graph G of order n and size m, let s(G)= sum|d(u)-2m/n|, where the sum is taken over all vertices u of G. We investigate upper and lower bounds on eigenvalues of G in terms of s(G).

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Vladimir Nikiforov

We classify the connected graphs with precisely three distinct eigenvalues and second largest eigenvalue at most 1.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-01-31 Xi-Ming Cheng , Gary R. W. Greaves , Jack H. Koolen

Let $A_n$ be the anti-regular graph of order $n.$ It was conjectured that among all threshold graphs on $n$ vertices, $A_n$ has the smallest positive eigenvalue and the largest eigenvalue less than $-1.$ Recently, in \cite{Cesar2} was given…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-06-08 Fernando Tura

This note provides an introduction to selected topics in algebraic graph theory, including strongly regular graphs, Steiner systems, and automorphism groups. We describe constructions and properties of notable graphs such as the Petersen…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2026-04-24 M Reza Salarian

An important facet of the inverse eigenvalue problem for graphs is to determine the minimum number of distinct eigenvalues of a particular graph. We resolve this question for the join of a connected graph with a path. We then focus on…

This survey concerns regular graphs that are extremal with respect to the number of independent sets, and more generally, graph homomorphisms. More precisely, in the family of of $d$-regular graphs, which graph $G$ maximizes/minimizes the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-11-03 Yufei Zhao

We analyse the eigenvectors of the adjacency matrix of a random inhomogeneous graph constructed from a specified degree sequence. We assume that the empirical degree sequence has bounded mean and variance. We show that near the edges of the…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Thomas Buc-d'Alché , Antti Knowles

In recent years several classical results in extremal graph theory have been improved in a uniform way and their proofs have been simplified and streamlined. These results include a new Erd\H{o}s-Stone-Bollob\'as theorem, several stability…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-07-07 Vladimir Nikiforov

Koolen et al. showed that if a connected graph with smallest eigenvalue at least $-3$ has large minimal valency, then it is $2$-integrable. In this paper, we will prove that a lower bound for the minimal valency is 166.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-02 Jack H. Koolen , Masood Ur Rehman , Qianqian Yang

Given a graph $G$ and a target graph $H$, an $H$-coloring of $G$ is an adjacency-preserving vertex map from $G$ to $H$. The number of $H$-colorings of $G$, $\hom(G,H)$, has been studied for many classes of $G$ and $H$. In particular,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-01 David Galvin , Phillip Marmorino , Emily McMillon , JD Nir , Amanda Redlich

In this paper we will give a structure theory for regular graphs with fixed smallest eigenvalue. As a consequence of this theory, we show that a $k$-regular graph with smallest eigenvalue $-\lambda$ has clique number linear in $k$ if $k$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-01-22 Qianqian Yang , Jack H. Koolen

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

One of the best-known results in spectral graph theory is the inequality of Hoffman \[ \chi\left( G\right) \geq1-\frac{\lambda\left( G\right) }{\lambda_{\min }\left( G\right) }, \] where $\chi\left( G\right) $ is the chromatic number of a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-08-06 V. Nikiforov

We classify the distance-regular Cayley graphs with least eigenvalue $-2$ and diameter at most three. Besides sporadic examples, these comprise of the lattice graphs, certain triangular graphs, and line graphs of incidence graphs of certain…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-04-28 Alireza Abdollahi , Edwin van Dam , Mojtaba Jazaeri

The goal of this expository note is to give a short, self-contained proof of nearly optimal lower bounds for the second largest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of regular graphs.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-22 Igor Balla , Eero Räty , Benny Sudakov , István Tomon

A theorem of Hoffman gives an upper bound on the independence ratio of regular graphs in terms of the minimum $\lambda_{\min}$ of the spectrum of the adjacency matrix. To complement this result we use random eigenvectors to gain lower…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-08-11 Viktor Harangi , Bálint Virág

We provide upper and lower bounds on the smallest eigenvalue of grounded Laplacian matrices (which are matrices obtained by removing certain rows and columns of the Laplacian matrix of a given graph). The gap between the upper and lower…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-07-08 Mohammad Pirani , Shreyas Sundaram

We find minimal supports of eigenfunctions of Hamming graphs for eigenvalue n(q-1)-q and describe eigenfunctions with minimal support.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-12-09 Alexandr Valyuzhenich

In this paper, we study the construction and transformation of two-dimensional persistent graphs. Persistence is a generalization to directed graphs of the undirected notion of rigidity. In the context of moving autonomous agent formations,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Julien M. Hendrickx , Baris Fidan , Changbin Yu , Brian D. O. Anderson , Vincent D. Blondel