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Extremal graphs for vertex-degree-based invariants with given degree sequences

Combinatorics 2018-09-07 v1

Abstract

For a symmetric bivariable function f(x,y)f(x,y), let the {\it connectivity function} of a connected graph GG be Mf(G)=uvE(G)f(d(u),d(v))M_f(G)=\sum_{uv\in E(G)}f(d(u),d(v)), where d(u)d(u) is the degree of vertex uu. In this paper, we prove that for an escalating (de-escalating) function f(x,y)f(x,y), there exists a BFS-graph with the maximum (minimum) connectivity function Mf(G)M_f(G) among all graphs with a cc-cyclic degree sequence π=(d1,d2,,dn)\pi=(d_1,d_2, \ldots, d_n) and dn=1d_n=1, and obtain the majorization theorem for connectivity function for unicyclic and bicyclic degree sequences. Moreover, some applications of graph invariants based on degree are included.

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@article{arxiv.1809.01901,
  title  = {Extremal graphs for vertex-degree-based invariants with given degree sequences},
  author = {Muhuo Liu and Kexiang Xu and Xiao-Dong Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.01901},
  year   = {2018}
}

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23 pages

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