Kirchhoff index of linear hexagonal chains
Kirchhoff index of linear hexagonal chains
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DOI:
10.1002/qua.21537
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发表时间:
2008
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
Yujun Yang;Heping Zhang
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作者:
Yujun Yang;Heping Zhang
The resistance distance rij between vertices i and j of a connected (molecular) graph G is computed as the effective resistance between nodes i and j in the corresponding network constructed from G by replacing each edge of G with a unit resistor. The Kirchhoff index Kf(G) is the sum of resistance distances between all pairs of vertices. In this work, according to the decomposition theorem of Laplacian polynomial, we obtain that the Laplacian spectrum of linear hexagonal chain Ln consists of the Laplacian spectrum of path P2n+1 and eigenvalues of a symmetric tridiagonal matrix of order 2n + 1. By applying the relationship between roots and coefficients of the characteristic polynomial of the above matrix, explicit closed-form formula for Kirchhoff index of Ln is derived in terms of Laplacian spectrum. To our surprise, the Krichhoff index of Ln is approximately to one half of its Wiener index. Finally, we show that holds for all graphs G in a class of graphs including Ln. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2008