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For a finite, simple, and undirected graph $G$ with $n$ vertices, $m$ edges, and largest eigenvalue $\lambda$, Nikiforov introduced the degree deviation of $G$ as $s=\sum_{u\in V(G)}\left|d_G(u)-\frac{2m}{n}\right|$. Contributing to a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-24 Dieter Rautenbach , Florian Werner

A 1-removed subgraph $G_f$ of a graph $G=(V,E)$ is obtained by $(i)$ selecting at most one edge $f(v)$ for each vertex $v\in V$, such that $v\in f(v)\in E$ (the mapping $f:V\to E \cup \{\varnothing\}$ is allowed to be non-injective), and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Gábor Bacsó , Balázs Patkós , Zsolt Tuza , Máté Vizer

Lower bounds for the first and the second eigenvalue of uniform hypergraphs which are regular and linear are obtained. One of these bounds is a generalization of the Alon-Boppana Theorem to hypergraphs.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-12-10 Hong-Hai Li , Bojan Mohar

Let $G$ be a graph on $n \ge 3$ vertices, whose adjacency matrix has eigenvalues $\lambda_1 \ge \lambda_2 \ge \dots \ge \lambda_n$. The problem of bounding $\lambda_k$ in terms of $n$ was first proposed by Hong and was studied by Nikiforov,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-14 Sida Li

A numbering $f$ of a graph $G$ of order $n$ is a labeling that assigns distinct elements of the set $\{1,2, \ldots, n \}$ to the vertices of $G$. The strength $\mathrm{str}\left(G\right) $ of $G$ is defined by $\mathrm{str}\left( G\right)…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Rikio Ichishima , Francesc A. Muntaner-Batle , Yukio Takahashi

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 give some new bounds for the clique and independence numbers of a graph in terms of its eigenvalues.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-01-31 Vladimir Nikiforov

Let $n_g(k)$ denote the smallest order of a $k$-chromatic graph of girth at least $g$. We consider the problem of determining $n_g(k)$ for small values of $k$ and $g$. After giving an overview of what is known about $n_g(k)$, we provide…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Geoffrey Exoo , Jan Goedgebeur

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

In 1979, Neumaier gave a bound on $\lambda$ in terms of $m$ and $\mu$, where $-m$ is the smallest eigenvalue of a primitive strongly regular graph, unless the graph in question belongs to one of the two infinite families of strongly regular…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Jack Koolen , Chenhui Lv , Greg Markowsky , Jongyook Park

On a finite connected metric graph, we establish upper bounds for the eigenvalues of the Laplacian. These bounds depend on the length, the Betti number, and the number of pendant vertices. For trees, these estimates are sharp. We also…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2016-09-26 Sinan Ariturk

Let $G = (V,E)$ be a graph and $k \ge 0$ an integer. A $k$-independent set $S \subseteq V$ is a set of vertices such that the maximum degree in the graph induced by $S$ is at most $k$. With $\alpha_k(G)$ we denote the maximum cardinality of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-08-24 Yair Caro , Adriana Hansberg

Let $G$ be a graph without isolated vertices and let $\alpha(G)$ be its stability number and $\tau(G)$ its covering number. The {\it $\alpha_{v}$-cover} number of a graph, denoted by $\alpha_{v}(G)$, is the maximum natural number $m$ such…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-09-02 Isidoro Gitler , Carlos E. Valencia

A well known upper bound for the independence number $\alpha(G)$ of a graph $G$, due to Cvetkovi\'{c}, is that \begin{equation*} \alpha(G) \le n^0 + \min\{n^+ , n^-\} \end{equation*} where $(n^+, n^0, n^-)$ is the inertia of $G$. We prove…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-10-05 Pawel Wocjan , Clive Elphick , Aida Abiad

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

For a graph $G$ and a non-zero real number $\alpha$, the graph invariant $S_{\alpha}(G)$ is the sum of the $\alpha^{th}$ power of the non-zero signless Laplacian eigenvalues of $G$. In this paper, we obtain the sharp bounds of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-06-07 Lihua You , Jieshan Yang

This research focuses on analyzing the depth of generalized binomial edge ideals. We extend the notion of $d$-compatible map for the pairs of a complete graph and an arbitrary graph, and using it, we give a combinatorial lower bound for the…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2024-01-15 Anuvinda J , Ranjana Mehta , Kamalesh Saha

We give an upper bound on the number of perfect matchings in an undirected simple graph $G$ with an even number of vertices, in terms of the degrees of all the vertices in $G$. This bound is sharp if $G$ is a union of complete bipartite…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-03-07 Shmuel Friedland

Let $G$ be a group and $L(G)$ be the set of all subgroups of $G$. We introduce a bipartite graph $\mathcal{B}(G)$ on $G$ whose vertex set is the union of two sets $G \times G$ and $L(G)$, and two vertices $(a, b) \in G \times G$ and $H \in…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-12-10 Shrabani Das , Ahmad Erfanian , Rajat Kanti Nath

The $k^{\text{th}}$ power of a graph $G=(V,E)$, $G^k$, is the graph whose vertex set is $V$ and in which two distinct vertices are adjacent if and only if their distance in $G$ is at most $k$. This article proves various eigenvalue bounds…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-10-27 Aida Abiad , Gabriel Coutinho , Miquel Angel Fiol , Bruno Nogueira , Sjanne Zeijlemaker