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Let $\mathcal {T}^{\Delta}_n$ denote the set of trees of order $n$, in which the degree of each vertex is bounded by some integer $\Delta$. Suppose that every tree in $\mathcal {T}^{\Delta}_n$ is equally likely. We show that the number of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-04-13 Xueliang Li , Yiyang Li

Continuing the recent work of L. Zhong and K. Xu [MATCH Commun. Math. Comput. Chem.71(2014) 627-642], we determine inequalities among several vertex-degree-based topological indices; first geometric-arithmetic index(GA), augmented Zagreb…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-09-26 Akbar Ali , Akhlaq Ahmad Bhatti , Zahid Raza

Let $\mathcal{CT}_{n,k}$ and $\mathcal{CT}^*_{n,b}$ be the classes of all $n$-vertex chemical trees with $k$ segments and $b$ branching vertices, respectively, where $3\le k\le n-1$ and $1\le b< \frac{n}{2}-1$. The solution of the problem…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-09-08 Sadia Noureen , Akbar Ali , Akhlaq Ahmad Bhatti

Making use of a majorization technique for a suitable class of graphs, we derive upper and lower bounds for some topological indices depending on the degree sequence over all vertices, namely the first general Zagreb index and the first…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-03-27 Monica Bianchi , Alessandra Cornaro , José Luis Palacios , Anna Torriero

This paper presents new lower bounds for the first general Zagreb index $Z_{\alpha}(G)$ involving two, three, and four arbitrary degrees of vertices of a simple graph $G$. For the special cases $\alpha = 2$ and $\alpha = -2$, the results…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-21 Mamta Verma , Ravinder Kumar

Let $G = (V, E)$ be a graph. The first Zagreb index and the forgotten topological index of a graph $G$ are defined respectively as $\sum_{u \in V} d^2(u)$ and $\sum_{u \in V} d^3(u)$, where $d(u)$ is the degree of vertex $u$ in $G$. If the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-23 Rao Li

In this paper, we investigate the structural properties of trees and bipartite graphs through the lens of topological indices and combinatorial graph theory. We focus on the First and Second Hyper-Zagreb indices, $HM_1(G)$ and $HM_2(G)$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-21 Jasem Hamoud

Applications in chemistry motivated mathematicians to define different topological indices for different types of graphs. The Hyper-Zagreb index (HM) is an important tool as it integrates the first and the second Zagreb indices. In this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-09-12 Hassan Rezapour , Ramin Nasiri , Seyedahmad Mousavi

The hyper Zagreb index is a kind of extensions of Zagreb index, used for predicting physicochemical properties of organic compounds. Given a graph $G= (V(G), E(G))$, the first hyper-Zagreb index is the sum of the square of edge degree over…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-12-08 Shaohui Wang , Wei Gao , Muhammad K. Jamil , Mohammad R. Farahani , Jia-Bao Liu

For a simple graph $G$ with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, the first Zagreb index and the second Zagreb index are defined as $M_1(G)=\sum_{v\in V}d(v)^2 $ and $M_2(G)=\sum_{uv\in E}d(u)d(v)$. In \cite{VGFAD}, it was shown that if a connected…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Hosam Abdo , Darko Dimitrov , Ivan Gutman

The first and the second Zagreb eccentricity index of a graph $G$ are defined as $E_1(G)=\sum_{v\in V(G)}\varepsilon_{G}(v)^{2}$ and $E_2(G)=\sum_{uv\in E(G)}\varepsilon_{G}(u)\varepsilon_{G}(v)$, respectively, where $\varepsilon_G(v)$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-12-16 Kexiang Xu , Kinkar Chandra Das , Sandi Klavžar , Huimin Li

In this paper, topological indices play a significant role in the analysis of caterpillar trees, especially due to their applications in chemical graph theory. We presented a study on topological indices related to the Sigma index, which we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Jasem Hamoud , Duaa Abdullah

Let G be a graph with vertex set V (G) and edge set E(G). The first generalized multiplicative Zagreb index of G is M_1(G) and the second multiplicative Zagreb index is M_2(G). The multiplicative Zagreb indices have been the focus of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-02-16 Shaohui Wang , Bing Wei

For a connected graph $G$ on at least three vertices, the augmented Zagreb index (AZI) of $G$ is defined as $$AZI(G)=\sum_{uv\in E(G)}\left(\frac{d(u)d(v)}{d(u)+d(v)-2}\right)^{3},$$ being a topological index well-correlated with the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-31 Muhuo Liu , Shumei Pang , Francesco Belardo , Akbar Ali

For a graph $G$, the general reduced second Zagreb index is defined as $$GRM_\lambda (G) = \sum_{uv \in E} (deg(u) + \lambda) (deg(v) + \lambda),$$ where $\lambda$ is an arbitrary real number and $deg (v)$ is the degree of the vertex $v$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Milan Bašić , Aleksandar Ilić

The aim of this paper is to obtain new inequalities for a large family of topological indices restricted to unicyclic graphs and to characterize the set of extremal unicyclic graphs with respect to them. This family includes variable first…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-03-16 Álvaro Martínez-Pérez , José M. Rodríguez

We consider topological indices I that are sums of f(deg(u)) f(deg(v)), where {u,v} are adjacent vertices and f is a function. The Randi{\'c} connectivity index or the Zagreb group index are examples for indices of this kind. In earlier…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Boris Hollas

Let $\mathcal {T}^{\Delta}_n$ denote the set of trees of order $n$, in which the degree of each vertex is bounded by some integer $\Delta$. Suppose that every tree in $\mathcal {T}^{\Delta}_n$ is equally likely. For any given subtree $H$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-05-10 Xueliang LI , Yiyang Li

Let $G = (V, E)$ be a graph. The first Zagreb index of a graph $G$ is defined as $\sum_{u \in V} d^2(u)$, where $d(u)$ is the degree of vertex $u$ in $G$. Using the P\'{o}lya-Szeg\H{o} inequality, we in this paper present the first Zagreb…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-05 Rao Li

The first Zagreb index of a graph $G$ is the sum of the square of every vertex degree, while the second Zagreb index is the sum of the product of vertex degrees of each edge over all edges. In our work, we solve an open question about…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-09-07 Shengjin Ji , Shaohui Wang