On the sum of the Laplacian eigenvalues of a graph and Brouwer's conjecture
On the sum of the Laplacian eigenvalues of a graph and Brouwer's conjecture
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DOI:
10.1016/j.laa.2016.03.034
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发表时间:
2016-07
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1.1
通讯作者:
H. A. Ganie;A. Alghamdi;S. Pirzada
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作者:
H. A. Ganie;A. Alghamdi;S. Pirzada
For a simple graph G with n-vertices, m edges and having Laplacian eigenvalues μ 1, μ 2,…, μ n− 1, μ n= 0, let S k (G)=∑ i= 1 k μ i, be the sum of k largest Laplacian eigenvalues of G. Brouwer conjectured that S k (G)≤ m+(k+ 1 2), for all k= 1, 2,…, n. We obtain upper bounds for S k (G) in terms of the clique number ω, the vertex covering number τ and the diameter d of a graph G. We show that Brouwer's conjecture holds for certain classes of graphs. The Laplacian energy LE (G) of a graph G is defined as LE (G)=∑ i= 1 n| μ i− d‾|, where d‾= 2 m n is the average degree of G. We obtain an upper bound for the Laplacian energy LE (G) of a graph G in terms of the number of vertices n, the number of edges m, the vertex covering number τ and the clique number ω of the graph.