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{Signless Laplacian determinations of some graphs with independent edges}% {Let $G$ be a simple undirected graph. Then the signless Laplacian matrix of $G$ is defined as $D_G + A_G$ in which $D_G$ and $A_G$ denote the degree matrix and the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-03-19 R. Sharafdini , A. Z. Abdian

The toughness of a graph $G$, denoted by $\tau(G)$, is defined by $\tau(G)=$min $\{\frac{|S|}{c(G-S)}:S\subseteq V(G)$ and $c(G-S)\geq2\}$. A graph $G$ is said to be $\tau$-tough if $\tau(G)\geq \tau$. Let $k\geq2$ be an integer. A tree $T$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Caili Jia , Yong Lu

For a connected graph $G$, a spanning tree $T$ of $G$ is called a homeomorphically irreducible spanning tree (HIST) if $T$ has no vertices of degree 2. Albertson {\em et al.} proved that it is $NP$-complete to decide whether a graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Bingqian Gao , Huiqing Liu , Jing Zhao

This paper investigates spectral properties of the deformed Laplacian matrix, which merges the Laplacian and signless Laplacian matrices of a graph through a one-parameter family of matrices. We present general results on the eigenvalues of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Roberto C. Díaz , Elismar R. Oliveira , Vilmar Trevisan

Let $F(G)$ be the number of spanning forests in a graph $G$ and $\mathcal{C}(n,d)$ be the set of all connected $d$-regular simple graphs of order $n$. Define $\widehat{f}_{d}=\liminf_{n\rightarrow \infty}\{F(G)^{1/n}:G\in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Shaohan Xu , Kexiang Xu

In 2012, Mader conjectured that for any tree $T$ of order $m$, every $k$-connected graph $G$ with minimum degree at least $\lfloor \frac{3k}{2}\rfloor+m-1$ contains a subtree $T'\cong T$ such that $G-V(T')$ remains $k$-connected. In 2022,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Hojin Chu , Shinya Fujita , Boram Park , Homoon Ryu

We give an Ore-type condition sufficient for a graph G to have a spanning tree with small degrees and with few leaves.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-11-05 Eduardo Rivera-Campo

Let G be a simple undirected connected graph. In this paper, new upper bounds on the distance Laplacian spectral radius of G are obtained. Moreover, new lower and upper bounds for the distance signless Laplacian spectral radius of G are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-14 Roberto C. Díaz , Ana I. Julio , Oscar Rojo

The work in this thesis concerns the investigation of eigenvalues of the Laplacian matrix, normalized Laplacian matrix, signless Laplacian matrix and distance signless Laplacian matrix of graphs. In Chapter 1, we present a brief…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-21 Bilal A. Rather

The problems of maximizing the spectral radius and the number of spanning trees in a class of bipartite graphs with certain degree constraints are considered. In both the problems, the optimal graph is conjectured to be a Ferrers graph.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-09-28 Ravindra Bapat

Let $G$ be a graph with adjacency matrix $A(G)$ and let $D(G)$ be the diagonal matrix of the degrees of $G$. For any real $\alpha\in [0,1]$, Nikiforov [Merging the $A$- and $Q$-spectral theories, Appl. Anal. Discrete Math. 11 (2017)…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-05-16 Huiqiu Lin , Xing Huang , Jie Xue

For $0\le \alpha\le 1$, Nikiforov proposed to study the spectral properties of the family of matrices $A_{\alpha}(G)=\alpha D(G)+(1-\alpha)A(G)$ of a graph $G$, where $D(G)$ is the degree diagonal matrix and $A(G)$ is the adjacency matrix.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-05-10 Haiyan Guo , Bo Zhou

Let $a$ and $b$ be two positive integers with $a\leq b$, and let $G$ be a graph with vertex set $V(G)$ and edge set $E(G)$. Let $h:E(G)\rightarrow[0,1]$ be a function. If $a\leq\sum\limits_{e\in E_G(v)}{h(e)}\leq b$ holds for every $v\in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-09-19 Sizhong Zhou , Yuli Zhang

The signless Laplacian matrix of a graph $G$ is given by $Q(G)=D(G)+A(G)$, where $D(G)$ is a diagonal matrix of vertex degrees and $A(G)$ is the adjacency matrix. The largest eigenvalue of $Q(G)$ is called the signless Laplacian spectral…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-11 Chang Liu , Yingui Pan , Jianping Li

Let $k$ and $n$ be two nonnegative integers with $n\equiv0$ (mod 2), and let $G$ be a graph of order $n$ with a 1-factor. Then $G$ is said to be $k$-extendable for $0\leq k\leq\frac{n-2}{2}$ if every matching in $G$ of size $k$ can be…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-03-30 Sizhong Zhou , Yuli Zhang

The Laplacian matrix of a graph $G$ is $L(G)=D(G)-A(G)$, where $A(G)$ is the adjacency matrix and $D(G)$ is the diagonal matrix of vertex degrees. According to the Matrix-Tree Theorem, the number of spanning trees in $G$ is equal to any…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-03 Pavel Chebotarev , Elena Shamis

The spectrum of Laplacian and signless Laplacian matrix for a graph product is obtained, where both underlying graphs are regular. As an application of this, we have been able to generate the Kirchhoff Index and Wiener Index and determine…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-10-18 Bishal Sonar , Ravi Srivastava

A graph $G$ is $k$-factor-critical if $G-S$ has a perfect matching for every subset $S \subseteq V(G)$ with $|S|=k$. A spanning subgraph $H$ of $G$ is called a $[1,b]$-odd factor if $b \equiv 1 \pmod{2}$ and $d_{H}(v) \in\left\lbrace 1, 3,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Jiaxu Zhong , Yong Lu

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a connected graph, where $V=\{v_1, v_2, \cdots, v_n\}$ and $m=|E|$. $d_i$ will denote the degree of vertex $v_i$ of $G$, and $\Delta=\max_{1\leq i \leq n} d_i$. The ABC matrix of $G$ is defined as $M(G)=(m_{ij})_{n \times…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2020-04-20 Wenshui Lin , Yiming Zheng , Peifang Fu , Zhangyong Yan , Jia-Bao Liu

A graph $G$ is $k$-edge-Hamiltonian if any collection of vertex-disjoint paths with at most $k$ edges altogether belong to a Hamiltonian cycle in $G$. A graph $G$ is $k$-Hamiltonian if for all $S\subseteq V(G)$ with $|S|\le k$, the subgraph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-09 Yongtao Li , Yuejian Peng