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More eigenvalue problems of Nordhaus-Gaddum type

Combinatorics 2014-03-25 v2

Abstract

Let GG be a graph of order nn and let μ1(G)μn(G)\mu_{1}\left(G\right) \geq \cdots\geq\mu_{n}\left(G\right) be the eigenvalues of its adjacency matrix. This note studies eigenvalue problems of Nordhaus-Gaddum type. Let G\overline{G} be the complement of a graph G.G. It is shown that if s2s\geq2 and n15(s1),n\geq15\left(s-1\right) , then μs(G)+μs(G)n/2(s1)1. \left\vert \mu_{s}\left(G\right) \right\vert +|\mu_{s}(\overline{G})|\,\leq n/\sqrt{2\left(s-1\right)}-1. Also if s1s\geq1 and n4s,n\geq4^{s}, then μns+1(G)+μns+1(G)n/2s+1. \left\vert \mu_{n-s+1}\left(G\right) \right\vert +|\mu_{n-s+1}(\overline {G})|\,\leq n/\sqrt{2s}+1. If s=2k+1s=2^{k}+1 for some integer kk, these bounds are asymptotically tight. These results settle infinitely many cases of a general open problem.

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@article{arxiv.1401.4365,
  title  = {More eigenvalue problems of Nordhaus-Gaddum type},
  author = {Vladimir Nikiforov and Xiying Yuan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.4365},
  year   = {2014}
}

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