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For a graph $G$, we associate a family of real symmetric matrices, $S(G)$, where for any $A\in S(G)$, the location of the nonzero off-diagonal entries of $A$ are governed by the adjacency structure of $G$. Let $q(G)$ be the minimum number…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-10-20 Shaun Fallat , Seyed Ahmad Mojallal

For every graph $G$, let $\alpha(G)$ denote its independence number. What is the minimum of the maximum degree of an induced subgraph of $G$ with $\alpha(G)+1$ vertices? We study this question for the $n$-dimensional Hamming graph over an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-30 Vincent Tandya

A mixed graph is said to be \textit{integral} if all the eigenvalues of its Hermitian adjacency matrix are integer. The \textit{mixed circulant graph} $Circ(\mathbb{Z}_n,\mathcal{C})$ is a mixed graph on the vertex set $\mathbb{Z}_n$ and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-06-23 Monu Kadyan , Bikash Bhattacharjya

We give a survey on graphs with fixed smallest eigenvalue, especially on graphs with large minimal valency and also on graphs with good structures. Our survey mainly consists of the following two parts: (i) Hoffman graphs, the basic theory…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-11-25 Jack H. Koolen , Meng-Yue Cao , Qianqian Yang

In this paper, we show that a connected graph with smallest eigenvalue at least -3 and large enough minimal degree is 2-integrable. This result generalizes a 1977 result of Hoffman for connected graphs with smallest eigenvalue at least -2.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-04-03 Jack H. Koolen , Jae Young Yang , Qianqian Yang

Introduced by Albertson et al. \cite{albertson}, the distinguishing number $D(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the least integer $r$ such that there is a $r$-labeling of the vertices of $G$ that is not preserved by any nontrivial automorphism of $G$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-06-17 Sylvain Gravier , Kahina Meslem , Souad Slimani

In this paper, we classify distance regular graphs such that all of its second largest local eigenvalues are at most one. Also we discuss the consequences for the smallest eigenvalue of a distance-regular graph. These extend a result by the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-02-22 Jack H. Koolen , Hyonju Yu

The spectral radius $\rho(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the largest eigenvalue of its adjacency matrix $A(G)$. For a fixed integer $e\ge 1$, let $G^{min}_{n,n-e}$ be a graph with minimal spectral radius among all connected graphs on $n$ vertices…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-10-12 Jingfen Lan , Linyuan Lu , Lingsheng Shi

A vertex set $D$ of a graph $G$ is said to be a dominating set if every vertex of $V(G)\setminus D$ is adjacent to at least a vertex in $D$, and the domination number $\gamma(G)$ ($\gamma$, for short) is the minimum cardinality of all…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-10-18 Guanglong Yu , Shu-Guang Guo , Rong Zhang , Yarong Wu

Let $G$ be a graph, and let $\lambda(G)$ denote the smallest eigenvalue of $G$. First, we provide an upper bound for $\lambda(G)$ based on induced bipartite subgraphs of $G$. Consequently, we extract two other upper bounds, one relying on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-16 Aryan Esmailpour , Sara Saeedi Madani , Dariush Kiani

Let $G$ be a graph with adjacency matrix $A(G)$ and let $D(G)$ be the diagonal matrix of vertex degrees of $G$. For any real $\alpha \in [0,1]$, Nikiforov defined the $A_\alpha$-matrix of a graph $G$ as $A_\alpha(G)=\alpha…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-14 Jiayu Lou , Ligong Wang , Ming Yuan

Given a graph $G$, the adjacency matrix and degree diagonal matrix of $G$ are denoted by $A(G)$ and $D(G)$, respectively. In 2017, Nikiforov \cite{0007} proposed the $A_{\alpha}$-matrix: $A_{\alpha}(G)=\alpha D(G)+(1-\alpha)A(G),$ where…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-04-19 Wanting Sun , Lixia Yan , Shuchao Li , Xuechao Li

We give an upper bound on the smallest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of graphs with no p-cliques.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 V. Nikiforov

A graph $G$ of order $n$ is said to be $k$-factor-critical for integers $1\leq k < n$, if the removal of any $k$ vertices results in a graph with a perfect matching. A $k$-factor-critical graph $G$ is called minimal if for any edge $e\in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-11-08 Jing Guo , Heping Zhang

In this note we show that the minimum number of distinct eigenvalues of a threshold graph is at most $4$. Moreover, given any threshold graph $G$ and any nonzero real number $\lambda$, we explicitly construct a matrix $M$ associated with…

In this paper, we proceed on determining the minimum $q_{min}$ among the connected nonbipartite graphs on $n\geq 5$ vertices and with domination number $\frac{n+1}{3}<\gamma\leq \frac{n-1}{2}$. Further results obtained are as follows:…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-01-03 Guanglong Yu , Yarong Wu , Mingqing Zhai

The independent domination number $i(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the minimum cardinality of a maximal independent set of $G$, also called an $i(G)$-set. The $i$-graph of $G$, denoted $\mathcal{I}(G)$, is the graph whose vertices correspond to the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-03-14 R. C. Brewster , C. M. Mynhardt , L. E. Teshima

In this paper, we obtain a lower bound for the smallest eigenvalue of a regular graph containing many copies of a smaller fixed subgraph. This generalizes a result of Aharoni, Alon, and Berger in which the subgraph is a triangle. We apply…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-10-18 Sebastian M. Cioabă , Vishal Gupta

In this paper, we obtain sharp Faber-Krahn inequalities for the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of the combinatorial $p$-Laplacian on connected graphs with a fixed number of vertices or with a fixed number of edges. More precisely, we show that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Wankai He , Chengjie Yu

Let $G$ be a connected graph on $n$ vertices with diameter $d$. It is known that if $2\le d\le n-2$, there are at most $n-d$ Laplacian eigenvalues in the interval $[n-d+2, n]$. In this paper, we show that if $1\le d\le n-3$, there are at…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-27 Leyou Xu , Bo Zhou