All but 49 numbers are Wiener indices of trees
All but 49 numbers are Wiener indices of trees
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DOI:
10.1007/s10440-006-9037-2
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发表时间:
2006-05-01
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Yu, Guang
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作者:
Wang, Hua;Yu, Guang
The Wiener index is one of the main descriptors that correlate a chemical compound's molecular graph with experimentally gathered data regarding the compound's characteristics. Along standing conjecture on the Wiener index ([ 4, 5]) states that for any positive integer n ( except numbers from a given 49 element set), one can find a tree with Wiener index n. In this paper, we prove that every integer n > 10(8) is the Wiener index of some short caterpillar tree with at most six non-leaf vertices. The Wiener index conjecture for trees then follows from this and the computational results in [ 7] and [ 5].