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Let $G$ be a graph. For a subset $X$ of $V(G)$, the switching $\sigma$ of $G$ is the signed graph $G^{\sigma}$ obtained from $G$ by reversing the signs of all edges between $X$ and $V(G)\setminus X$. Let $A(G^{\sigma})$ be the adjacency…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-23 Zhenan Shao , Xiying Yuan

Suppose that $\Gamma=(G, \sigma)$ is a connected signed graph with at least one cycle. The number of positive, negative and zero eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix of $\Gamma$ are called positive inertia index, negative inertia index and…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-14 Beiyan Liu , Fang Duan

Let $A_n$ be the anti-regular graph of order $n.$ It was conjectured that among all threshold graphs on $n$ vertices, $A_n$ has the smallest positive eigenvalue and the largest eigenvalue less than $-1.$ Recently, in \cite{Cesar2} was given…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-06-08 Fernando Tura

The classical problem of characterizing the graphs with bounded eigenvalues may date back to the work of Smith in 1970. Especially, the research on graphs with smallest eigenvalues not less than $-2$ has attracted widespread attention.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-05-05 Lu Lu , ZhenZhen Lou

The integral circulant graph $ICG_n (D)$ has the vertex set $Z_n = \{0, 1, 2, \ldots, n - 1\}$, where vertices $a$ and $b$ are adjacent if $\gcd(a-b,n)\in D$, with $D \subseteq \{d : d \mid n,\ 1\leq d<n\}$. In this paper, we establish that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-16 Milan Basic

An eigenvalue $\lambda$ of a signed graph $S$ of order $n$ is called a main eigenvalue if its eigenspace is not orthogonal to the all-ones vector $j$. Characterizing signed graphs with exactly $k$ $(1\le k\le n)$ distinct main eigenvalues…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-05 Zenan Du , Fenjin Liu , Hechao Liu , Jifu Lin , Wenxu Yang

We study the minimum number of distinct eigenvalues over a collection of matrices associated with a graph. Lower bounds are derived based on the existence or non-existence of certain cycle(s) in a graph. A key result proves that every…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-22 Shaun Fallat , Himanshu Gupta , Allen Herman , Johnna Parenteau

Koolen et al. showed that if a connected graph with smallest eigenvalue at least $-3$ has large minimal valency, then it is $2$-integrable. In this paper, we will prove that a lower bound for the minimal valency is 166.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-02 Jack H. Koolen , Masood Ur Rehman , Qianqian Yang

Let $\Gamma$ be a signed graph. The number of negative eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix of $\Gamma$ is called the negative inertia index of $\Gamma$, which is denoted by $i_-(\Gamma)$. The length of the shortest cycle contained in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-06 BeiYan Liu , Fang Duan

An eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of a graph is said to be \emph{main} if the all-1 vector is not orthogonal to the associated eigenspace. In this work, we approach the main eigenvalues of some graphs. The graphs with exactly two main…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Nair Abreu , Domingos M. Cardoso , Francisca A. M. França , Cybele T. M. Vinagre

The minimum number of distinct eigenvalues, taken over all real symmetric matrices compatible with a given graph $G$, is denoted by $q(G)$. Using other parameters related to $G$, bounds for $q(G)$ are proven and then applied to deduce…

A signed graph $(G, \sigma)$ is a graph $G$ along with a function $\sigma: E(G) \to \{+,-\}$. A closed walk of a signed graph is positive (resp., negative) if it has an even (resp., odd) number of negative edges, counting repetitions. A…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2020-09-28 Julien Bensmail , Sandip Das , Soumen Nandi , Théo Pierron , Sagnik Sen , Eric Sopena

We prove that the set of the smallest eigenvalues attained by $3$-colorable graphs is dense in $(-\infty, -\lambda^*)$, where $\lambda^* = \rho^{1/2} + \rho^{-1/2} \approx 2.01980$ and $\rho$ is the positive real root of $x^3 = x + 1$. As a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Zilin Jiang , Zhiyu Wang

The least eigenvalue of a graph $G$ is the least eigenvalue of adjacency matrix of $G$. In this paper we determine the graphs which attain the minimum least eigenvalue among all complements of connected simple graphs with given…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Huan Qiu , Keng Li , Guoping Wang

A signed graph is a pair $(G,\Sigma)$, where $G=(V,E)$ is a graph (in which parallel edges are permitted, but loops are not) with $V=\{1,...,n\}$ and $\Sigma\subseteq E$. The edges in $\Sigma$ are called odd and the other edges even. By…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-09-21 Marina Arav , Frank J. Hall , Zhongshan Li , Hein van der Holst

A signed graph $ (G, \Sigma)$ is a graph positive and negative ($\Sigma $ denotes the set of negative edges). To re-sign a vertex $v$ of a signed graph $ (G, \Sigma)$ is to switch the signs of the edges incident to $v$. If one can obtain $…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-04-01 Sandip Das , Soumen Nandi , Soumyajit Paul , Sagnik Sen

We consider signed graphs, i.e, graphs with positive or negative signs on their edges. We determine the admissible parameters for the $\{5,6,\ldots,10\}$-regular signed graphs which have only two distinct eigenvalues. For each obtained…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-09-17 Farzaneh Ramezani

A signed graph is a pair $(G,\Sigma)$, where $G=(V,E)$ is a graph (in which parallel edges and loops are permitted) with $V=\{1,\ldots,n\}$ and $\Sigma\subseteq E$. The edges in $\Sigma$ are called odd edges and the other edges of $E$ even.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-02-19 Marina Arav , Hein van der Holst , John Sinkovic

Let $\mathcal{P}_G$ be the family of all topologically mixing, but not exact self-maps of a topological graph $G$. It is proved that the infimum of topological entropies of maps from $\mathcal{P}_G$ is bounded from below by $(\log 3/…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-05-13 Grzegorz Harańczyk , Dominik Kwietniak , Piotr Oprocha

Let $\lambda_{2}(G)$ be the second smallest normalized Laplacian eigenvalue of a graph $G$. In this paper, we determine all unicyclic graphs of order $n\geq21$ with $\lambda_{2}(G)\geq 1-\frac{\sqrt{6}}{3}$. Moreover, the unicyclic graphs…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-06-05 Weige Xi , Ligong Wang , Xiangxiang Liu , Xihe Li , Xiaoguo Tian