Integral trees with diameter four

Ligong Wang, Qi Wang, Bofeng Huo

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Abstract

A graph is called integral if all eigenvalues of its adjacency matrix consist entirely of integers. In this paper, we investigate integral trees S(r;mi)=S(a1+a2++as;m1,m2,...,ms) of diameter 4 with s=3,4,5,6. Such integral trees are found by using a computer search or solving the Diophantine equations. New sufficient conditions for a construction of infinite families of integral trees S(r′;mi)=S(b1++bs;m1,..., ms) of diameter 4 from given integral trees S(r;mi)=S(a1++as;m1,..., ms) of diameter 4 are given. Further, using these conditions we construct infinitely many new classes of integral trees S(r′;mi)=S(b1++bs;m1,..., ms) of diameter 4 with s=3,4,5,6. Finally, we propose two basic open problems about integral trees of diameter 4 for further study.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)53-64
Number of pages12
JournalApplied Mathematics and Computation
Volume282
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 May 2016

Keywords

  • Adjacency matrix
  • Diophantine equation
  • Graph spectrum
  • Integral tree

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