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We give a counterexample to a conjecture of Wang and Hou related with the sum of the $k$ largest Laplacian eigenvalues of signed graphs.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-09-25 Asghar Bahmani

For a positive integer $k\ge 1$, a graph $G$ is $k$-stepwise irregular ($k$-SI graph) if the degrees of every pair of adjacent vertices differ by exactly $k$. Such graphs are necessarily bipartite. Using graph products it is demonstrated…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-10 Yaser Alizadeh , Sandi Klavžar , Javaher Langari

The sum $\lambda_1 + \lambda_n$ of the maximum and minimum eigenvalues, and the odd girth of a graph both measure bipartiteness. We seek to relate these measures. In particular, for an odd integer $k\geq 3$, let $\gamma_k$ denote the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-02 Fredy Yip

In this note, we improve the lower bounds for the maximum size of the $k$th largest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of a graph for several values of $k$. In particular, we show that closed blowups of the icosahedral graph improve the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-21 William Linz

We study the eigenspace of the Laplacian matrix of a simple graph corresponding to the largest eigenvalue, subsequently arriving at the theory of modular decomposition of T. Gallai.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-02-17 Benjamin Iriarte Giraldo

Let m and r be two integers. Let G be a connected r-regular graph of order n and k an integer depending on m and r. For even kn, we find a best upper bound (in terms of r and m) on the third largest eigenvalue that is sufficient to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-03-10 Hongliang Lu

The reciprocal distance Laplacian matrix of a connected graph $G$ is defined as $RD^L(G)=RT(G)-RD(G)$, where $RT(G)$ is the diagonal matrix of reciprocal distance degrees and $RD(G)$ is the Harary matrix. Since $RD^L(G)$ is a real symmetric…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-08-30 S. Pirzada , Saleem Khan

In this note we give a new upper bound for the Laplacian eigenvalues of an unweighted graph. Let $G$ be a simple graph on $n$ vertices. Let $d_{m}(G)$ and $\lambda_{m+1}(G)$ be the $m$-th smallest degree of $G$ and the $m+1$-th smallest…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-06-07 Miriam Farber , Ido Kaminer

This paper gives tight upper bound on the largest eigenvalue q(G) of the signless Laplacian of graphs with no paths of given order. The main ingredient of our proof is a stability result of its own interest, about graphs with large minimum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-08-21 Vladimir Nikiforov , Xiying Yuan

Spectral techniques have proved amongst the most effective approaches to graph clustering. However, in general they require explicit computation of the main eigenvectors of a suitable matrix (usually the Laplacian matrix of the graph).…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-05-11 Luca Becchetti , Emilio Cruciani , Francesco Pasquale , Sara Rizzo

In this paper we study the maximum value of the largest eigenvalue for simple bipartite graphs, where the number of edges is given and the number of vertices on each side of the bipartition is given. We state a conjectured solution, which…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-09-10 Amitava Bhattacharya , Shmuel Friedland , Uri N. Peled

Consider the normalized adjacency matrices of random $d$-regular graphs on $N$ vertices with fixed degree $d\geq 3$, and denote the eigenvalues as $\lambda_1=d/\sqrt{d-1}\geq \lambda_2\geq\lambda_3\cdots\geq \lambda_N$. We prove that the…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-05-21 Jiaoyang Huang , Theo McKenzie , Horng-Tzer Yau

In this paper we determine the graph whose least eigenvalue of signless Laplacian attains the minimum or maximum among all connected non-bipartite graphs of fixed order and given number of pendant vertices. Thus we obtain a lower bound and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-09-19 Yi-Zheng Fan , Yi Wang , Huan Guo

In this paper we consider particular graphs defined by $\overline{\overline{\overline{K_{\alpha_1}}\cup K_{\alpha_2}}\cup\cdots \cup K_{\alpha_k}}$, where $k$ is even, $K_\alpha$ is a complete graph on $\alpha$ vertices, $\cup$ stands for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-11 Santanu Mandal , Ranjit Mehatari , Zoran Stanic

We prove that the diameter of any unweighted connected graph G is O(k log n/lambda_k), for any k>= 2. Here, lambda_k is the k smallest eigenvalue of the normalized laplacian of G. This solves a problem posed by Gil Kalai.

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2012-12-13 Shayan Oveis Gharan , Luca Trevisan

Let $i_t(G)$ be the number of independent sets of size $t$ in a graph $G$. Engbers and Galvin asked how large $i_t(G)$ could be in graphs with minimum degree at least $\delta$. They further conjectured that when $n\geq 2\delta$ and $t\geq…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Wenying Gan , Po-Shen Loh , Benny Sudakov

Let $\text{Fl}_{n,q}$ be the simplicial complex whose vertices are the non-trivial subspaces of $\mathbb{F}_q^n$ and whose simplices correspond to families of subspaces forming a flag. Let $\Delta^{+}_k(\text{Fl}_{n,q})$ be the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-17 Alan Lew

For a regular polyhedron (or polygon) centered at the origin, the coordinates of the vertices are eigenvectors of the graph Laplacian for the skeleton of that polyhedron (or polygon) associated with the first (non-trivial) eigenvalue. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Braxton Osting

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

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-10 Jiayu Lou , Ligong Wang , Ming Yuan

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