Q-integral graphs with edge-degrees at most five

We consider the problem of determining the Q-integral graphs, i.e. the graphs with integral signless Laplacian spectrum. We find all such graphs with maximum edge-degree 4, and obtain only partial results for the next natural case, with maximum edge-degree 5.     

The smallest signless Laplacian spectral radius of graphs with a given clique number

The signless Laplacian spectral radius of a graph G is the largest eigenvalue of its signless Laplacian matrix. In this paper, the first four smallest values of the signless Laplacian spectral radius among all connected graphs with maximum clique of size greater than or equal to 2 are obtained.     

Remarks on Q-integral complete multipartite graphs

A graph is Q-integral if the spectrum of its signless Laplacian matrix consists entirely of integers. In their study of Q-integral complete multipartite graphs, [Zhao et al., Q-integral complete r-partite graphs, Linear Algebra Appl. 438 (2013) 1067–1077] posed two questions on the existence of such graphs. We resolve these questions and present some further results characterizing particular classes of Q-integral complete multipartite graphs.     

On the extremal values of the second largest Q-eigenvalue

We study extremal graphs for the extremal values of the second largest Q-eigenvalue of a connected graph. We first characterize all simple connected graphs with second largest signless Laplacian eigenvalue at most 3. The second part of the present paper is devoted to the study of the graphs that maximize the second largest Q-eigenvalue. We construct families of such graphs and prove that some of theses families are minimal for the fact that they maximize the second largest signless Laplacian eigenvalue.     

The signless Laplacian spectral radius of graphs with given degree sequences

In this paper, we investigate the properties of the largest signless Laplacian spectral radius in the set of all simple connected graphs with a given degree sequence. These results are used to characterize the unicyclic graphs that have the largest signless Laplacian spectral radius for a given unicyclic graphic degree sequence. Moreover, all extremal unicyclic graphs having the largest signless Laplacian spectral radius are obtained in the sets of all unicyclic graphs of order n with a specified number of leaves or maximum degree or independence number or matching number.     

The signless Laplacian spectral radius of bicyclic graphs with prescribed degree sequences

In this paper, we characterize all extremal connected bicyclic graphs with the largest signless Laplacian spectral radius in the set of all connected bicyclic graphs with prescribed degree sequences. Moreover, the signless Laplacian majorization theorem is proved to be true for connected bicyclic graphs. As corollaries, all extremal connected bicyclic graphs having the largest signless Laplacian spectral radius are obtained in the set of all connected bicyclic graphs of order n (resp. all connected bicyclic graphs with a specified number of pendant vertices, and all connected bicyclic graphs with given maximum degree).     

Maximizing signless Laplacian or adjacency spectral radius of graphs subject to fixed connectivity

In this paper, we characterize the graphs with maximum signless Laplacian or adjacency spectral radius among all graphs with fixed order and given vertex or edge connectivity. We also discuss the minimum signless Laplacian or adjacency spectral radius of graphs subject to fixed connectivity. Consequently we give an upper bound of signless Laplacian or adjacency spectral radius of graphs in terms of connectivity. In addition we confirm a conjecture of Aouchiche and Hansen involving adjacency spectral radius and connectivity.     

On the reduced signless Laplacian spectrum of a degree maximal graph

For a (simple) graph G, the signless Laplacian of G is the matrix A(G)+D(G), where A(G) is the adjacency matrix and D(G) is the diagonal matrix of vertex degrees of G; the reduced signless Laplacian of G is the matrix Δ(G)+B(G), where B(G) is the reduced adjacency matrix of G and Δ(G) is the diagonal matrix whose diagonal entries are the common degrees for vertices belonging to the same neighborhood equivalence class of G. A graph is said to be (degree) maximal if it is connected and its degree sequence is not majorized by the degree sequence of any other connected graph. For a maximal graph, we obtain a formula for the characteristic polynomial of its reduced signless Laplacian and use the formula to derive a localization result for its reduced signless Laplacian eigenvalues, and to compare the signless Laplacian spectral radii of two well-known maximal graphs. We also obtain a necessary condition for a maximal graph to have maximal signless Laplacian spectral radius among all connected graphs with given numbers of vertices and edges.     

给定围长的三圈图的无符号拉普拉斯谱半径

A tricyclic graph G =（V（G）, E（G）） is a connected and simple graph such that｜E（G）｜ = ｜V（G）｜＋2. Let Tg nbe the set of all tricyclic graphs on n vertices with girth g. In this paper, we will show that there exists the unique graph which has the largest signless Laplacian spectral radius among all tricyclic graphs with girth g containing exactly three（resp., four）cycles. And at the same time, we also give an upper bound of the signless Laplacian spectral radius and the extremal graph having the largest signless Laplacian spectral radius in Tg n,where g is even.     

双圈图的距离无符号拉普拉斯谱半径

连通图$G$的距离无符号拉普拉斯矩阵定义为$\mathcal{Q}(G)=Tr(G)+D(G)$, 其中$Tr(G)$和$D(G)$分别为连通图$G$的点传输矩阵和距离矩阵. 图$G$的距离无符号拉普拉斯矩阵的最大特征值称为$G$的距离无符号拉普拉斯谱半径. 本文确定了给定点数的双圈图中具有最大的距离无符号拉普拉斯谱半径的图.     

无符号拉普拉斯谱半径的新上界

如果一个图存在定向满足其最大出度△~＋不超过最大度△的一半,则通过估计图的半边路径（semi-edge walk）的个数,得到了该图的无符号拉普拉斯谱半径的一个新上界.进而根据D.Goncalves对平面图边分解的结果,得到了平面图无符号拉普拉斯谱半径的一个新上界.     

The (signless) Laplacian spectral radius of unicyclic and bicyclic graphs with <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis> vertices and <Emphasis Type="Italic">k</Emphasis> pendant vertices

In this paper, the effects on the signless Laplacian spectral radius of a graph are studied when some operations, such as edge moving, edge subdividing, are applied to the graph. Moreover, the largest signless Laplacian spectral radius among the all unicyclic graphs with n vertices and k pendant vertices is identified. Furthermore, we determine the graphs with the largest Laplacian spectral radii among the all unicyclic graphs and bicyclic graphs with n vertices and k pendant vertices, respectively.     

Theorems on partitioned matrices revisited and their applications to graph spectra

Some old results about spectra of partitioned matrices due to Goddard and Schneider or Haynsworth are re-proved. A new result is given for the spectrum of a block-stochastic matrix with the property that each off-diagonal block has equal entries and each diagonal block has equal diagonal entries and equal off-diagonal entries. The result is applied to the study of the spectra of the usual graph matrices by partitioning the vertex set of the graph according to the neighborhood equivalence relation. The concept of a reduced graph matrix is introduced. The question of when n-2 is the second largest signless Laplacian eigenvalue of a connected graph of order n is treated. A recent conjecture posed by Tam, Fan and Zhou on graphs that maximize the signless Laplacian spectral radius over all (not necessarily connected) graphs with given numbers of vertices and edges is refuted. The Laplacian spectrum of a (degree) maximal graph is reconsidered.     

On the signless Laplacian index of cacti with a given number of pendant vertices

A connected graph G is a cactus if any two of its cycles have at most one common vertex. In this article, we determine graphs with the largest signless Laplacian index among all the cacti with n vertices and k pendant vertices. As a consequence, we determine the graph with the largest signless Laplacian index among all the cacti with n vertices; we also characterize the n-vertex cacti with a perfect matching having the largest signless Laplacian index.     

不含四圈的k圈图的无符号拉普拉斯谱半径（英文）

A k-cyclic graph is a connected graph of order n and size n + k-1. In this paper, we determine the maximal signless Laplacian spectral radius and the corresponding extremal graph among all C_4-free k-cyclic graphs of order n. Furthermore, we determine the first three unicycles and bicyclic, C_4-free graphs whose spectral radius of the signless Laplacian is maximal. Similar results are obtained for the(combinatorial) Laplacian     

On the signless Laplacian spectral radius of graphs with cut vertices

In this paper, we show that among all the connected graphs with n vertices and k cut vertices, the maximal signless Laplacian spectral radius is attained uniquely at the graph G_n,k, where G_n,k is obtained from the complete graph K_n-k by attaching paths of almost equal lengths to all vertices of K_n-k. We also give a new proof of the analogous result for the spectral radius of the connected graphs with n vertices and k cut vertices (see [A. Berman, X.-D. Zhang, On the spectral radius of graphs with cut vertices, J. Combin. Theory Ser. B 83 (2001) 233-240]). Finally, we discuss the limit point of the maximal signless Laplacian spectral radius.     

关于边数给定图按无符号拉普拉斯谱半径排序的注记

设$k$是正整数, $G$是一个边数给定的简单无向图, 其边数$m\ge 2k$, 最大度$\Delta(G)\le m-k$, 本文给出了图$G$的无符号拉普拉斯谱半径$q(G)$的一个上界. 对边数为$m\ge 8$的两个连通图$G_1$和$G_2$, 利用这个上界我们证明了一个排序定理: 如果$\Delta(G_1)>\Delta(G_2)+1$ 且 $\Delta(G_1)\ge \frac{m}{2}+2$, 那么$q(G_1)>q(G_2)$. 对于不含三角形的图, 我们得到两个更强的结果. 作为上述排序定理的一个应用, 我们完全刻画了无符号拉普拉斯谱半径最大的围长为$c$的$m$边图, 其中$m\ge \max\{ 2c, c+9\}$, 部分解决了陈雯雯等人在[Linear Algebra Appl. 645(2022)123-136]上提出的一个公开问题.     

Q‐integral unicyclic,bicyclic and tricyclic graphs

A graph is called Q‐integral if its signless Laplacian spectrum consists of integers. In this paper, we characterize a class of k‐cyclic graphs whose second smallest signless Laplacian eigenvalue is less than one. Using this result we determine all the Q‐integral unicyclic, bicyclic and tricyclic graphs.     

The signless Laplacian spectral radius of tricyclic graphs and trees with k pendant vertices

In this paper, we consider the following problem: of all tricyclic graphs or trees of order n with k pendant vertices (n,k fixed), which achieves the maximal signless Laplacian spectral radius?We determine the graph with the largest signless Laplacian spectral radius among all tricyclic graphs with n vertices and k pendant vertices. Then we show that the maximal signless Laplacian spectral radius among all trees of order n with k pendant vertices is obtained uniquely at T_n,k, where T_n,k is a tree obtained from a star K_1,k and k paths of almost equal lengths by joining each pendant vertex to one end-vertex of one path. We also discuss the signless Laplacian spectral radius of T_n,k and give some results.     

给定染色数的无符号Laplace谱半径

设Gkn(k≥2)为n阶的染色数为k的连通图的集合.本文确定了Gkn中具有极大无符号Laplace谱半径的图,即k=2时为完全二部图,k≥3时为Turn图.本文也讨论了Gkn中的具有极小无符号Laplace谱半径的图,对k≤3的情形给出了此类图的刻画.