An Upper Bound on The Largest Signless Laplacian of an Odd Unicyclic Graph

Authors

  • Macarena Collao Universidad Católica del Norte.
  • Pamela Pizarro Universidad Católica del Norte.
  • Oscar Rojo Universidad Católica del Norte.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0716-09172012000100005

Keywords:

Laplacian matrix, signless Laplacian matrix, adjacency matrix, spectral radius, generalized Bethe tree, matriz laplaciana, matriz laplaciana sin signo, matriz de adyacencia, radio espectral, árbol de Bethe generalizado.

Abstract

We derive an upper bound on the largest signless Laplacian eigen­value of an odd unicyclic graph. The bound is given in terms of the largest vertex degree and the largest height of the trees obtained re­moving the edges of the unique cycle in the graph.

Author Biographies

Macarena Collao, Universidad Católica del Norte.

Departamento de Matemáticas.

Pamela Pizarro, Universidad Católica del Norte.

Departamento de Matemáticas.

Oscar Rojo, Universidad Católica del Norte.

Departamento de Matemáticas.

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Published

2012-01-29

How to Cite

[1]
M. Collao, P. Pizarro, and O. Rojo, “An Upper Bound on The Largest Signless Laplacian of an Odd Unicyclic Graph”, Proyecciones (Antofagasta, On line), vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 39-49, Jan. 2012.

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