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We consider signed graphs, i.e, graphs with positive or negative signs on their edges. We determine the admissible parameters for the $\{5,6,\ldots,10\}$-regular signed graphs which have only two distinct eigenvalues. For each obtained…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-09-17 Farzaneh Ramezani

A graph in a certain graph class is called minimizing if the least eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of the graph attains the minimum among all graphs in that class. Bell {\it et al.} have characterized the minimizing graphs in the class…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-05-21 Yi Wang , Yi-Zheng Fan , Xiao-Xin Li , Fei-Fei Zhang

We prove that for each $d \geq 3$ the set of all limit points of the second largest eigenvalue of growing sequences of $d$-regular graphs is $[2\sqrt{d-1},d]$. A similar argument shows that the set of all limit points of the smallest…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-16 Noga Alon , Fan Wei

An eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of a graph is said to be \emph{main} if the all-1 vector is not orthogonal to the associated eigenspace. In this work, we approach the main eigenvalues of some graphs. The graphs with exactly two main…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Nair Abreu , Domingos M. Cardoso , Francisca A. M. França , Cybele T. M. Vinagre

Characterized are all simple undirected graphs $G$ such that any real symmetric matrix that has graph $G$ has no eigenvalues of multiplicity more than 2. All such graphs are partial 2-trees (and this follows from a result for rather general…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Charles R. Johnson , Raphael Loewy , Paul Anthony Smith

The Fiedler value $\lambda_2$, also known as algebraic connectivity, is the second smallest Laplacian eigenvalue of a graph. We study the maximum Fiedler value among all planar graphs $G$ with $n$ vertices, denoted by $\lambda_{2\max}$, and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-07-21 Lali Barrière , Clemens Huemer , Dieter Mitsche , David Orden

Let $G$ be a $d$-regular multigraph, and let $\lambda_2(G)$ be the second largest eigenvalue of $G$. In this paper, we prove that if $\lambda_2(G) < \frac{d-1+\sqrt{9d^2-10d+17}}4$, then $G$ is 2-edge-connected. Furthermore, for $t\ge2$ we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-09-23 Suil O

For a graph $G$, let $f_2(G)$ denote the largest number of vertices in a $2$-regular subgraph of $G$. We determine the minimum of $f_2(G)$ over $3$-regular $n$-vertex simple graphs $G$. To do this, we prove that every $3$-regular multigraph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-03-22 Ilkyoo Choi , Ringi Kim , Alexandr Kostochka , Boram Park , Douglas B. West

This paper investigates the asymptotic nature of graph spectra when some edges of a graph are subdivided sufficiently many times. In the special case where all edges of a graph are subdivided, we find the exact limits of the $k$-th largest…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-03-21 Hitesh Kumar , Bojan Mohar , Shivaramakrishna Pragada , Hanmeng Zhan

Denote the Laplacian of a graph $G$ by $L(G)$ and its second smallest Laplacian eigenvalue by $\lambda_2(G)$. If $G$ is a graph on $n\ge 2$ vertices, then it is shown that the second smallest eigenvalue of $L(G) + \frac{1}{n}…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-03 B. Afshari

A graph is $2$-planar if it has local crossing number two, that is, it can be drawn in the plane such that every edge has at most two crossings. A graph is maximal $2$-planar if no edge can be added such that the resulting graph remains…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-03-16 Michael Hoffmann , Meghana M. Reddy

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

The $n$-th Fiedler value of a class of graphs $\mathcal C$ is the maximum second eigenvalue $\lambda_2(G)$ of a graph $G\in\mathcal C$ with $n$ vertices. In this note we relate this value to shallow minors and, as a corollary, we determine…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-08-20 Jaroslav Nesetril , Patrice Ossona De Mendez

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

In this note, we present a structural description of certain connected cographs having $k \geq 2$ main signless Laplacian eigenvalues. This result allows us to characterize the cographs which are quasi-threshold graphs with two main…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Átila Jones , Vilmar Trevisan , Cybele T. M. Vinagre

The distinguishing index of a simple graph $G$, denoted by $D'(G)$, is the least number of labels in an edge labeling of $G$ not preserved by any non-trivial automorphism. It was conjectured by Pil\'sniak (2015) that for any 2-connected…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-02-14 Saeid Alikhani , Samaneh Soltani

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. It is well known that a graph $G$ has exactly two main eigenvalues if and only if there exists a unique pair of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-09-20 Lin Chen , Qiongxiang Huang

The least eigenvalue of a graph $G$ is the least eigenvalue of adjacency matrix of $G$. In this paper we determine the graphs which attain the minimum least eigenvalue among all complements of connected simple graphs with given…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Huan Qiu , Keng Li , Guoping Wang

We determine all graphs for which the adjacency matrix has at most two eigenvalues (multiplicities included) not equal to $-2$, or $0$, and determine which of these graphs are determined by their adjacency spectrum.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-07-11 Sebastian M. Cioaba , Willem H. Haemers , Jason R. Vermette

We show that the multiplicity of the second normalized adjacency matrix eigenvalue of any connected graph of maximum degree $\Delta$ is bounded by $O(n \Delta^{7/5}/\log^{1/5-o(1)}n)$ for any $\Delta$, and by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-19 Theo McKenzie , Peter M. R. Rasmussen , Nikhil Srivastava