The maximum clique and the signless Laplacian eigenvalues

Lower and upper bounds are obtained for the clique number ω(G) and the independence number α(G), in terms of the eigenvalues of the signless Laplacian matrix of a graph G. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 10771080), SRFDP of China (No. 20070574006) and by the Foundation to the Educational Committee of Fujian (No. JB07020).     

On the distribution of Laplacian eigenvalues of trees

For a tree T$T$ with n$n$ vertices, we apply an algorithm due to Jacobs and Trevisan (2011) to study how the number of small Laplacian eigenvalues behaves when the tree is transformed by a transformation defined by Mohar (2007). This allows us to obtain a new bound for the number of eigenvalues that are smaller than 2. We also report our progress towards a conjecture on the number of eigenvalues that are smaller than the average degree.     

On the sum of powers of Laplacian eigenvalues of bipartite graphs

For a bipartite graph G and a non-zero real α, we give bounds for the sum of the αth powers of the Laplacian eigenvalues of G using the sum of the squares of degrees, from which lower and upper bounds for the incidence energy, and lower bounds for the Kirchhoff index and the Laplacian Estrada index are deduced.     

On graphs with three distinct Laplacian eigenvalues

In this paper,an equivalent condition of a graph G with t(2≤t≤n)distinct Laplacian eigenvalues is established.By applying this condition to t=3,if G is regular(neces- sarily be strongly regular),an equivalent condition of G being Laplacian integral is given.Also for the case of t=3,if G is non-regular,it is found that G has diameter 2 and girth at most 5 if G is not a tree.Graph G is characterized in the case of its being triangle-free,bipartite and pentagon-free.In both cases,G is Laplacian integral.     

The Laplacian polynomial and Kirchhoff index of graphs derived from regular graphs

Let R(G)$R\left(G\right)$ be the graph obtained from G$G$ by adding a new vertex corresponding to each edge of G$G$ and by joining each new vertex to the end vertices of the corresponding edge, and Q(G)$Q\left(G\right)$ be the graph obtained from G$G$ by inserting a new vertex into every edge of G$G$ and by joining by edges those pairs of these new vertices which lie on adjacent edges of G$G$. In this paper, we determine the Laplacian polynomials of R(G)$R\left(G\right)$ and Q(G)$Q\left(G\right)$ of a regular graph G$G$; on the other hand, we derive formulae and lower bounds of the Kirchhoff index of these graphs.     

几类图的拉普拉斯特征值的前三项和的上界

设G是一个顶点集为V(G),边集为E(G))的简单图.S_k(G)表示图G的拉普拉斯特征值的前k项部分和.Brouwer et al.给出如下猜想:S_k(G)≤e(G)+((k+1)/2),1≤k≤n.证明了当k=3时,对边数不少于n~2/4-n/4的图及有完美匹配或有6-匹配的图,猜想是正确的.     

Coloring the Cartesian sum of graphs

For graphs G and H, let G⊕H denote their Cartesian sum. We investigate the chromatic number and the circular chromatic number for G⊕H. It has been proved that for any graphs G and H, . It has been conjectured that for any graphs G and H, . We confirm this conjecture for graphs G and H with special values of χ_c(G) and χ_c(H). These results improve previously known bounds on the corresponding coloring parameters for the Cartesian sum of graphs.     

Bounding the gap between extremal Laplacian eigenvalues of graphs

Let G be a graph whose Laplacian eigenvalues are 0 = λ₁ ? λ₂ ? ? ? λ_n. We investigate the gap (expressed either as a difference or as a ratio) between the extremal non-trivial Laplacian eigenvalues of a connected graph (that is λ_n and λ₂). This gap is closely related to the average density of cuts in a graph. We focus here on the problem of bounding the gap from below.     

On the sum of Laplacian eigenvalues of graphs

Let k be a natural number and let G be a graph with at least k vertices. Brouwer conjectured that the sum of the k largest Laplacian eigenvalues of G is at most , where e(G) is the number of edges of G. We prove this conjecture for k=2. We also show that if G is a tree, then the sum of the k largest Laplacian eigenvalues of G is at most e(G)+2k-1.     

On the number of Laplacian eigenvalues of trees less than the average degree

Laplacian eigenvalues of trees have been studied by many researchers. They are closely related to the diameter, domination number, matching number and Laplacian energy of trees. The goal of this paper is to prove a conjecture on the number of Laplacian eigenvalues of trees that are less than the average degree.     

On the Laplacian integral tricyclic graphs

A graph is called Laplacian integral if all its Laplacian eigenvalues are integers. In this paper, we give an edge subdividing theorem for Laplacian eigenvalues of a graph (Theorem 2.1) and characterize a class of k-cyclic graphs whose algebraic connectivity is less than one. Using these results, we determine all the Laplacian integral tricyclic graphs. Furthermore, we show that all the Laplacian integral tricyclic graphs are determined by their Laplacian spectra.     

On the distribution of Laplacian eigenvalues of a graph

This paper presents some bounds on the number of Laplacian eigenvalues contained in various subintervals of [0, n] by using the matching number and edge covering number for G, and asserts that for a connected graph the Laplacian eigenvalue 1 appears with certain multiplicity. Furthermore, as an application of our result (Theorem 13), Grone and Merris’ conjecture [The Laplacian spectrum of graph II. SIAM J. Discrete Math., 7, 221–229 (1994)] is partially proved.     

Upper bounds for the sum of Laplacian eigenvalues of graphs

Let G be a graph with n vertices and $e(G)$ edges, and let ${\mu }_1(G)?{\mu }_2(G)???{\mu }_n(G)=0$ be the Laplacian eigenvalues of G. Let $S_k(G)={\sum }_{i=1}^k{\mu }_i(G)$, where $1?k?n$. Brouwer conjectured that $S_k(G)?e(G)+\left(\genfrac{}{}{0ex}{}{k+1}{2}\right)$ for $1?k?n$. It has been shown in Haemers et al. [7] that the conjecture is true for trees. We give upper bounds for $S_k(G)$, and in particular, we show that the conjecture is true for unicyclic and bicyclic graphs.     

On graphs with the largest Laplacian index

Let G be a connected simple graph on n vertices. The Laplacian index of G, namely, the greatest Laplacian eigenvalue of G, is well known to be bounded above by n. In this paper, we give structural characterizations for graphs G with the largest Laplacian index n. Regular graphs, Hamiltonian graphs and planar graphs with the largest Laplacian index are investigated. We present a necessary and sufficient condition on n and k for the existence of a k-regular graph G of order n with the largest Laplacian index n. We prove that for a graph G of order n ⩾ 3 with the largest Laplacian index n, G is Hamiltonian if G is regular or its maximum vertex degree is Δ(G) = n/2. Moreover, we obtain some useful inequalities concerning the Laplacian index and the algebraic connectivity which produce miscellaneous related results. The first author is supported by NNSF of China (No. 10771080) and SRFDP of China (No. 20070574006). The work was done when Z. Chen was on sabbatical in China.