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A signed graph $(G,\sigma)$ is a graph $G$ with a signature $\sigma$ labeling each edge with a positive or negative sign. Two signatures of $G$ are switching equivalent if one is obtained from the other by changing the signs of all edges in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-13 Zhiqian Wang

A signed graph is a pair $(G,\Sigma)$, where $G=(V,E)$ is a graph (in which parallel edges are permitted, but loops are not) with $V={1,...,n}$ and $\Sigma\subseteq E$. By $S(G,\Sigma)$ we denote the set of all symmetric $V\times V$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-08-28 Marina Arav , Frank J. Hall , Zhongshan Li , Hein van der Holst

The sigma index in graph theory refers to a measure of the degree differences between vertices in a graph. The goal is to determine the graphs that have the maximum sigma index within certain classes of graphs. Abdo, Dimitrov, and Gutman…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2024-05-10 Jasem Hamoud , Artem Kurnosov

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

The Hadwiger number of a graph $G$, denoted by $h(G)$, is the order of the largest complete minor of $G$. A graph is said to be self-complementary if it is isomorphic to its complement. We prove that for all $n\equiv 0,1 (\text{mod 4})$ and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-04-13 Andrei Pavelescu , Elena Pavelescu

The rank of a graph is defined to be the rank of its adjacency matrix. A graph is called reduced if it has no isolated vertices and no two vertices with the same set of neighbors. A reduced graph $G$ is said to be maximal if any reduced…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-10-09 H. Esmailian , E. Ghorbani , S. Hossein Ghorban , G. B. Khosrovshahi

We prove conditions for equality between the extreme eigenvalues of a matrix and its quotient. In particular, we give a lower bound on the largest singular value of a matrix and generalize a result of Finck and Grohmann about the largest…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bela Bollobas , Vladimir Nikiforov

The $k$-independence number of a graph $G$ is the maximum size of a set of vertices at pairwise distance greater than $k$. In this paper, for each positive integer $k$, we prove sharp upper bounds for the $k$-independence number in an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-09-01 Zhenyu Taoqiu , Suil O , Yongtang Shi

The perfect matching association scheme is a set of relations on the perfect matchings of the complete graph on $2n$ vertices. The relations between perfect matchings are defined by the cycle structure of the union of any two perfect…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-21 Himanshu Gupta , Allen Herman , Alice Lacaze-Masmonteil , Roghayeh Maleki , Karen Meagher

Let $G$ be a graph and let $A(G)$ be adjacency matrix of $G$.The positive inertia index (respectively, the negative inertia index) of $G$, denoted by $p(G)$ (respectively, $n(G)$), is defined to be the number of positive eigenvalues…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-09-07 Yi-Zheng Fan , Long Wang

An eigenvalue of a graph $G$ is called a main eigenvalue if it has an eigenvector the sum of whose entries is not equal to zero. In this paper, all connected tricyclic graphs with exactly two main eigenvalues are determined.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-10-31 He Huang , Hanyuan Deng

An eigenvalue of a graph $G$ is called a main eigenvalue if it has an eigenvector the sum of whose entries is not equal to zero. In this paper, all connected tricyclic graphs with exactly two main eigenvalues are determined.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-12-07 Xiaoxia Fan , Yanfeng Luo

This paper gives a tight upper bound on the spectral radius of the signless Laplacian of graphs of given order and clique number. More precisely, let G be a graph of order n, let A be its adjacency matrix, and let D be the diagonal matrix…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-09-20 Nair Maria Maia de Abreu , Vladimir Nikiforov

A signed graph $ (G, \Sigma)$ is a graph positive and negative ($\Sigma $ denotes the set of negative edges). To re-sign a vertex $v$ of a signed graph $ (G, \Sigma)$ is to switch the signs of the edges incident to $v$. If one can obtain $…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-04-01 Sandip Das , Soumen Nandi , Soumyajit Paul , Sagnik Sen

Let G be a random subgraph of the n-cube where each edge appears randomly and independently with probability p. We prove that the largest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of G is almost surely \lambda_1(G)= (1+o(1))…

Probability · Mathematics 2009-11-07 Alexander Soshnikov , Benny Sudakov

In this paper, we will give a structure theory for signed graphs with fixed smallest eigenvalue and investigate signed graphs with smallest eigenvalue greater than $-1-\sqrt{2}$. Given a real number $\lambda\leq -1$, we show that the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Jack H. Koolen , Jing-Yuan Liu , Qianqian Yang , Meng-Yue Cao

In this paper it is shown that a complete graph with $n$ vertices has an optimal diagram, i.e., a diagram whose crossing number equals the value of Guy's formula, with a free maximal linear tree and without free hamiltonian cycles for any…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-04-23 Yusuke Gokan , Hayato Katsumata , Katsuya Nakajima , Ayaka Shimizu , Yoshiro Yaguchi

We define the cyclic matching sequencibility of a graph to be the largest integer $d$ such that there exists a cyclic ordering of its edges so that every $d$ consecutive edges in the cyclic ordering form a matching. We show that the cyclic…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-09-30 Richard A. Brualdi , Kathleen P. Kiernan , Seth A. Meyer , Michael w. Schroeder

In this paper, we characterize all graphs with eigenvectors of the signless Laplacian and adjacency matrices with components equal to $\{- 1, 0, 1\}.$ We extend the graph parameter max $k$-cut to square matrices and prove a general sharp…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-11-29 Jorge Alencar , Leonardo de Lima , Vladimir Nikiforov

A spectral characterization of the matching number (the size of a maximum matching) of a graph is given. More precisely, it is shown that the graphs G of order n whose matching number is k are precisely those graphs with the maximum skew…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-02-12 Keivan Hassani Monfared , Sudipta Mallik