scholarly journals The Tau Constant and the Edge Connectivity of a Metrized Graph

10.37236/2934 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zubeyir Cinkir
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Algebraic Curves ◽  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Graph Invariants ◽  
Edge Connectivity ◽  
Kirchhoff Index ◽  
Arithmetic Properties

The tau constant is an important invariant of a metrized graph. It has connections to other graph invariants such as Kirchhoff index, and it has applications to arithmetic properties of algebraic curves. We show how the tau constant of a metrized graph changes under successive edge contractions and deletions. We prove identities which we call "contraction", "deletion", and "contraction-deletion" identities on a metrized graph. By establishing a lower bound for the tau constant in terms of the edge connectivity, we prove that Baker and Rumely's lower bound conjecture on the tau constant holds for metrized graphs with edge connectivity 5 or more. We show that proving this conjecture for 3-regular graphs is enough to prove it for all graphs.

scholarly journals The Tau Constant of a Metrized Graph and its Behavior under Graph Operations

10.37236/568 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zubeyir Cinkir
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Algebraic Curves ◽  
Arithmetic Properties ◽  
Graph Operations ◽  
Edge Contraction ◽  
Arbitrary Graphs

This paper concerns the tau constant, which is an important invariant of a metrized graph, and which has applications to arithmetic properties of algebraic curves. We give several formulas for the tau constant, and show how it changes under graph operations including deletion of an edge, contraction of an edge, and union of graphs along one or two points. We show how the tau constant changes when edges of a graph are replaced by arbitrary graphs. We prove Baker and Rumely's lower bound conjecture on the tau constant for several classes of metrized graphs.

ON THE NORMALISED LAPLACIAN SPECTRUM, DEGREE-KIRCHHOFF INDEX AND SPANNING TREES OF GRAPHS

2015 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
JING HUANG ◽  
SHUCHAO LI
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Characteristic Polynomial ◽  
Regular Graph ◽  
Spanning Trees ◽  
Line Graph ◽  
Laplacian Spectrum ◽  
Kirchhoff Index ◽  
Subdivision Graph ◽  
Number Of Spanning Trees ◽  
Sharp Lower Bound

Given a connected regular graph $G$, let $l(G)$ be its line graph, $s(G)$ its subdivision graph, $r(G)$ the graph obtained from $G$ by adding a new vertex corresponding to each edge of $G$ and joining each new vertex to the end vertices of the corresponding edge and $q(G)$ the graph obtained from $G$ by inserting a new vertex into every edge of $G$ and new edges joining the pairs of new vertices which lie on adjacent edges of $G$. A formula for the normalised Laplacian characteristic polynomial of $l(G)$ (respectively $s(G),r(G)$ and $q(G)$) in terms of the normalised Laplacian characteristic polynomial of $G$ and the number of vertices and edges of $G$ is developed and used to give a sharp lower bound for the degree-Kirchhoff index and a formula for the number of spanning trees of $l(G)$ (respectively $s(G),r(G)$ and $q(G)$).

Minimal Regular Graphs of Girths Eight and Twelve

1966 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 1091-1094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clark T. Benson
Keyword(s):  
Group Theory ◽  
Lower Bound ◽  
Regular Graph ◽  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Image Position

In (3) Tutte showed that the order of a regular graph of degree d and even girth g > 4 is greater than or equal toHere the girth of a graph is the length of the shortest circuit. It was shown in (2) that this lower bound cannot be attained for regular graphs of degree > 2 for g ≠ 6, 8, or 12. When this lower bound is attained, the graph is called minimal. In a group-theoretic setting a similar situation arose and it was noticed by Gleason that minimal regular graphs of girth 12 could be constructed from certain groups. Here we construct these graphs making only incidental use of group theory. Also we give what is believed to be an easier construction of minimal regular graphs of girth 8 than is given in (2). These results are contained in the following two theorems.

A Note on the Kirchhoff and Additive Degree-Kirchhoff Indices of Graphs

2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 459-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yujun Yang ◽  
Douglas J. Klein
Keyword(s):  
Upper Bound ◽  
Extremal Graphs ◽  
Graph Invariants ◽  
Kirchhoff Index ◽  
Resistance Distance

AbstractTwo resistance-distance-based graph invariants, namely, the Kirchhoff index and the additive degree-Kirchhoff index, are studied. A relation between them is established, with inequalities for the additive degree-Kirchhoff index arising via the Kirchhoff index along with minimum, maximum, and average degrees. Bounds for the Kirchhoff and additive degree-Kirchhoff indices are also determined, and extremal graphs are characterised. In addition, an upper bound for the additive degree-Kirchhoff index is established to improve a previously known result.

scholarly journals On relations between Kirchhoff index, Laplacian energy, Laplacian-energy-like invariant and degree deviation of graphs

Filomat ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 1025-1033
Author(s):  
Predrag Milosevic ◽  
Emina Milovanovic ◽  
Marjan Matejic ◽  
Igor Milovanovic
Keyword(s):  
Topological Index ◽  
Degree Sequence ◽  
Laplacian Matrix ◽  
Vertex Degree ◽  
Graph Invariants ◽  
Kirchhoff Index ◽  
Laplacian Eigenvalues ◽  
Laplacian Energy ◽  
Degree Deviation ◽  
Simple Connected Graph

Let G be a simple connected graph of order n and size m, vertex degree sequence d1 ? d2 ?...? dn > 0, and let ?1 ? ? 2 ? ... ? ?n-1 > ?n = 0 be the eigenvalues of its Laplacian matrix. Laplacian energy LE, Laplacian-energy-like invariant LEL and Kirchhoff index Kf, are graph invariants defined in terms of Laplacian eigenvalues. These are, respectively, defined as LE(G) = ?n,i=1 |?i-2m/n|, LEL(G) = ?n-1 i=1 ??i and Kf (G) = n ?n-1,i=1 1/?i. A vertex-degree-based topological index referred to as degree deviation is defined as S(G) = ?n,i=1 |di- 2m/n|. Relations between Kf and LE, Kf and LEL, as well as Kf and S are obtained.

On the Non-Existence of a Type of Regular Graphs of Girth 5

1967 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 644-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
William G. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Regular Graph ◽  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Minimal Graph ◽  
Image Position

ƒ(k, 5) is defined to be the smallest integer n for which there exists a regular graph of valency k and girth 5, having n vertices. In (3) it was shown that1.1Hoffman and Singleton proved in (4) that equality holds in the lower bound of (1.1) only for k = 2, 3, 7, and possibly 57. Robertson showed in (6) that ƒ(4, 5) = 19 and constructed the unique minimal graph.

scholarly journals Matching and edge-connectivity in regular graphs

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 324-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suil O ◽  
Douglas B. West
Keyword(s):  
Regular Graphs ◽  
Edge Connectivity

The Kirchhoff Index of Quasi-Tree Graphs

2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kexiang Xu ◽  
Hongshuang Liu ◽  
Kinkar Ch. Das
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Extremal Graphs ◽  
Kirchhoff Index ◽  
Resistance Distance ◽  
Tree Graphs ◽  
Classical Distance

AbstractResistance distance was introduced by Klein and Randić as a generalisation of the classical distance. The Kirchhoff index Kf(G) of a graph G is the sum of resistance distances between all unordered pairs of vertices. In this article we characterise the extremal graphs with the maximal Kirchhoff index among all non-trivial quasi-tree graphs of order n. Moreover, we obtain a lower bound on the Kirchhoff index for all non-trivial quasi-tree graphs of order n.

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