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For each uniformity $k \geq 3$, we construct $k$-uniform linear hypergraphs $G$ with arbitrarily large maximum degree $\Delta$ whose independence polynomial $Z_G$ has a root $\lambda$ with $\lvert\lambda\rvert = O\left(\frac{\log…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-02 Shengtong Zhang

In this paper, we consider the bounds for the largest eigenvalue and the sum of the $k$ largest Laplacian eigenvalues of signed graphs. Firstly, we give an upper bound on the largest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of a signed graph and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Linfeng Xie , Xiaogang Liu

Let G and H be equivalent cographs with their reduction R_G and R_H, and suppose the vertices of R_G and R_H are labeled by the twin numbers t_i of the k twin classes they represent. In this paper, we prove that G and H have at least k +…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-12 J. Lazzarin , O. F. Márquez , F. C. Tura

For a graph $G$, a vertex subset $S$ is called a maximum generalized $k$-independent set if the induced subgraph $G[S]$ does not contain a $k$-tree as its subgraph, and the subset has maximum cardinality. The generalized $k$-independence…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-15 Jing Huang

Let $G$ be a graph with adjacency matrix $A(G)$ and Laplacian matrix $L(G)$. In 2024, Samanta \textit{et} \textit{al.} defined the convex linear combination of $A(G)$ and $L(G)$ as $B_\alpha(G) = \alpha A(G) + (1-\alpha)L(G)$, for $\alpha…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Germain Pastén , Carla Silva Oliveira , João Domingos G. da Silva Junior , Claudia M. Justel

We prove two conjectures in spectral extremal graph theory involving the linear combinations of graph eigenvalues. Let $\lambda_1(G)$ be the largest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of a graph $G$, and $\bar{G}$ be the complement of $G$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-06-09 Lele Liu

Let $G$ be a graph of order $n,$ and let $q_{1}(G) \geq ...\geq q_{n}(G) $ be the eigenvalues of the $Q$-matrix of $G$, also known as the signless Laplacian of $G.$ In this paper we give a necessary and sufficient condition for the equality…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2012-12-13 Leonardo S. de Lima , Vladimir Nikiforov

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

This paper investigates the shellability of $r$-independence complexes $\mathcal{I}_r(G)$, a generalization of classical independence complexes introduced by Paolini and Salvetti. For a graph $G$, a subset $A \subseteq V(G)$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-24 Arka Ghosh , S Selvaraja

Let $G$ be an simple graph of order $n$ whose adjacency eigenvalues are $\lambda_1\ge\dots\ge\lambda_n$. The HL--index of $G$ is defined to be $R(G)= \max\{|\lambda_{h}|, |\lambda_{l}|\}$ with $h=\left\lfloor\frac{n+1}{2}\right\rfloor$ and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-06 Yuzhenni Wang , Xiao-Dong Zhang

We study random k-lifts of large, but otherwise arbitrary graphs G. We prove that, with high probability, all eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix of the lift that are not eigenvalues of G are of the order (D ln (kn))^{1/2}, where D is the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-09-07 Roberto Imbuzeiro Oliveira

An independent set in a simple graph $G$ is a set of pairwise non-adjacent vertices in $G$. The independence polynomial of $G$, denoted by $I_G$ is defined as $1 + a_1 z + a_2 z^2+\cdots+a_d z^{d}$, where $a_i$ denotes the number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-07 Moumita Manna , Tarakanta Nayak

Let $G$ be a graph on $n$ vertices, independence number $\alpha(G)$, Lov\'asz theta function $\vartheta(G)$, and Shannon capacity $\Theta(G)$. We define $n_{\ge0}(G)$ to be the minimum number of non-negative eigenvalues taken over all…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-01 Quanyu Tang , Shengtong Zhang , Clive Elphick

The smallest eigenvalues and the associated eigenvectors (i.e., eigenpairs) of a graph Laplacian matrix have been widely used in spectral clustering and community detection. However, in real-life applications the number of clusters or…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-01-26 Pin-Yu Chen , Baichuan Zhang , Mohammad Al Hasan

For given k distinct complex conjugate pairs, l distinct real numbers, and a given graph G on 2k+l vertices with a matching of size at least k, we will show that there is a real matrix whose eigenvalues are the given numbers and its graph…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-03-16 Keivan Hassani Monfared

Let $\mathbb{Q}_{k,n}$ be the set of the connected $k$-uniform weighted hypergraphs with $n$ vertices, where $k,n\geq 3$. For a hypergraph $G\in \mathbb{Q}_{k,n}$, let $\mathcal{A}(G)$, $\mathcal{L} (G)$ and $\mathcal{Q} (G)$ be its…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-03-01 Rui Sun , Wen-Huan Wang

For a graph $G$, let $\mathcal{S}(G)$ be the set consisting of Hermitian matrices whose graph is $G$. Denoted by $m_B(G,\lambda)$ the multiplicity of an eigenvalue $\lambda$ of $B(G)\in \mathcal{S}(G)$, we show that $m_B(G,\lambda)\le…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-27 Qian-Qian Chen , Ji-Ming Guo , Zhiwen Wang

Let $G$ be a graph of order $n$ and let $\mathcal{L}(G,\lambda)=\sum_{k=0}^n (-1)^{k}c_{k}(G)\lambda^{n-k}$ be the characteristic polynomial of its Laplacian matrix. Motivated by Ili\'{c} and Ili\'{c}'s conjecture [A. Ili\'{c}, M. Ili\'{c},…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-11-11 Jie Zhang , Xiao-Dong Zhang

Let $\Gamma = (G, \sigma)$ be a signed graph, where $G = (V(G),E(G))$ is an (unsigned) graph, called the underlying graph. The net Laplacian matrix of $\Gamma$ is defined as $L^{\pm}(\Gamma) = D^{\pm}(\Gamma) - A(\Gamma)$, where…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-20 Zhuang Xiong

Let $V$ be a set of cardinality $v$ (possibly infinite). Two graphs $G$ and $G'$ with vertex set $V$ are {\it isomorphic up to complementation} if $G'$ is isomorphic to $G$ or to the complement $\bar G$ of $G$. Let $k$ be a non-negative…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-08-16 Jamel Dammak , Gérard Lopez , Maurice Pouzet , Hamza Si Kaddour