The minimum Wiener index of unicyclic graphs with a fixed diameter

The Wiener index is the sum of distances between all pairs of distinct vertices in a connected graph, which is the oldest topological index related to molecular branching. In the article we characterize the graphs having the minimum Wiener index among all n-vertex unicyclic graphs with a fixed diameter.     

The largest Wiener index of unicyclic graphs given girth or maximum degree

The Wiener index of a connected graph G is defined to be the sum of all distances of pairs of distinct vertices of G. Yu and Feng (Ars Comb 94:361–369, 2010) determined the unique graph having the largest Wiener index among all unicyclic graphs given girth. In the article we first give two new graphic transformations. Then with them we determine the graphs having the second largest Wiener index among all unicyclic graphs given girth and we also determine the graphs having the largest Wiener index among all unicyclic graphs given maximum degree.     

The Wiener index of unicyclic graphs given number of pendant vertices or cut vertices

In this paper, we consider the conjugate-Toeplitz (CT) and conjugate-Hankel (CH) matrices. It is proved that the inverse of these special matrices can be expressed as the sum of products of lower and upper triangular matrices. Firstly, we get access to the explicit inverse of conjugate-Toeplitz matrix. Secondly, the decomposition of the inverse is obtained. Similarly, the formulae and the decomposition on inverse of conjugate-Hankel are provided. Thirdly, the stability of the inverse formulae of CT and CH matrices are discussed. Finally, examples are provided to verify the feasibility of the algorithms provided in this paper.     

Reciprocal complementary Wiener numbers of trees, unicyclic graphs and bicyclic graphs

The reciprocal complementary Wiener number of a connected graph G is defined as

where V(G) is the vertex set, d(u,v|G) is the distance between vertices u and v, d is the diameter of G. We determine the trees with the smallest, the second smallest and the third smallest reciprocal complementary Wiener numbers, and the unicyclic and bicyclic graphs with the smallest and the second smallest reciprocal complementary Wiener numbers.     

On extremal unicyclic molecular graphs with maximal Hosoya index

Let G be a unicyclic n-vertex graph and Z(G) be its Hosoya index, let F_n stand for the nth Fibonacci number. It is proved in this paper that Z(G)≤F_n+1+F_n−1 with the equality holding if and only if G is isomorphic to C_n, the n-vertex cycle, and that if G≠C_n then Z(G)≤F_n+1+2F_n−3 with the equality holding if and only if G=Q_n or D_n, where graph Q_n is obtained by pasting one endpoint of a 3-vertex path to a vertex of C_n−2 and D_n is obtained by pasting one endpoint of an (n−3)-vertex path to a vertex of C₄.     

On the signless Laplacian index of unicyclic graphs with fixed diameter

In the paper, we identify graphs with the maximal signless Laplacian spectral radius among all the unicyclicgraphs with n vertices of diameter d.     

Spectra of unicyclic graphs

Unicyclic graphs are discussed in the context of graph orderings related to eigenvalues. Several theorems involving lexicographical ordering by spectral moments as well as the ordering by the largest eigenvalue are proved. An appendix contains a table of the 89 unicyclic graphs on eight vertices together with their spectra, spectral moments and characteristic polynomials.Carnegie Research Fellow, University of Stirling, 1985–86.     

The spread of the unicyclic graphs

Let G be a simple connected graph with n vertices and n edges which we call a unicyclic graph. In this paper, we first investigate the least eigenvalue λ_n(G), then we present two sharp bounds on the spread s(G) of G.     

Intersection graphs of proper subtrees of unicyclic graphs

A graph is fraternally oriented iff for every three vertices u, ν, w the existence of the edges u → w and ν → w implies that u and ν are adjacent. A directed unicyclic graph is obtained from a unicyclic graph by orienting the unique cycle clockwise and by orienting the appended subtrees from the cycle outwardly. Two directed subtrees s, t of a directed unicyclic graph are proper if their union contains no (directed or undirected) cycle and either they are disjoint or one of them s has its root r(s) in t and contains all the successors of r(s) in t. In the present paper we prove that G is an intersection graph of a family of proper directed subtrees of a directed unicyclic graph iff it has a fraternal orientation such that for every vertex ν, G(Γⁱⁿν) is acyclic and G(Γ^outν) is the transitive closure of a tree. We describe efficient algorithms for recognizing when such graphs are perfect and for testing isomorphism of proper circular-arc graphs.     

On the edge multicoloring of unicyclic graphs

A multicoloring of an edge weighted graph is an assignment of intervals to its edges so that the intervals of adjacent edges do not intersect at interior points and the length of each interval is equal to the weight of the edge. The minimum length of the union of all intervals is called an edge multichromatic number of the graph. The maximum weighted degree of a vertex (i.e., the sum of the weights of all edges incident with it) is an evident lower bound of this number. There are available the examples in which the multichromatic number is one and a half times larger than the lower bound. Also, there is a conjecture that the bound cannot exceeded by a larger factor. Here we prove this conjecture for the class of unicyclic graphs.     

On super vertex-graceful unicyclic graphs

A graph G with p vertices and q edges, vertex set V(G) and edge set E(G), is said to be super vertex-graceful (in short SVG), if there exists a function pair (f, f ⁺) where f is a bijection from V(G) onto P, f ⁺ is a bijection from E(G) onto Q, f ⁺((u, v)) = f(u) + f(v) for any (u, v) ∈ E(G),

Stable and semi-stable unicyclic graphs

We show by a constructive proof, that if a unicyclic graph has a transposition in its automorphism group, then it is stable. Using a similar technique, we also determine which unicyclic graphs are not semi-stable.     

The largest eigenvalue of unicyclic graphs

Let G be a simple graph. Let λ₁(G) and μ₁(G) denote the largest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix and the Laplacian matrix of G, respectively. Let Δ denote the largest vertex degree. If G has just one cycle, then

     

Some results on the Laplacian eigenvalues of unicyclic graphs

In this paper, we provide the smallest value of the second largest Laplacian eigenvalue for any unicyclic graph, and find the unicyclic graphs attaining that value. And also give an “asymptotically good” upper bounds for the second largest Laplacian eigenvalues of unicyclic graphs. Using this results, we can determine unicyclic graphs with maximum Laplacian separator. And unicyclic graphs with maximum Laplacian spread will also be determined.