On the irregularity of bipartite graphs
On the irregularity of bipartite graphs
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DOI:
10.1016/j.disc.2006.09.038
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发表时间:
2007-05-28
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0.8
通讯作者:
Rautenbach, Dieter
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作者:
Henning, Michael A.;Rautenbach, Dieter
The imbalance of an edge uv in a graph G is defined as vertical bar d(u) - d(v)vertical bar, where d(u) denotes the degree of u. The irregularity of G, denoted irr(G), is the sum of the edge imbalances taken over all edges in G. We determine the structure of bipartite graphs having maximum possible irregularity with given cardinalities of the partite sets and given number of edges. We then derive a corresponding result for bipartite graphs with given cardinalities of the partite sets and determine an upper bound on the irregularity of these graphs. In particular, we show that if G is a bipartite graph of order n with partite sets of equal cardinalities, then irr (G) = 2n(2), then irr(G)