The α-index of graphs without intersecting triangles/quadrangles as a minor

Yanting Zhang, Ligong Wang

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Abstract

The Aα-matrix of a graph G is the convex linear combination of the adjacency matrix A(G) and the diagonal matrix of vertex degrees D(G), i.e., Aα(G)=αD(G)+(1−α)A(G), where 0≤α≤1. The α-index of G is the largest eigenvalue of Aα(G). In this paper, we characterize the extremal graphs with the maximum α-index among all graphs of sufficiently large order without intersecting triangles and quadrangles as a minor for any 0<α<1, respectively. As by-products, we determine the extremal graphs with the maximum signless Laplacian spectral radius over all graphs of sufficiently large order without intersecting triangles and quadrangles as a minor, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)324-335
Number of pages12
JournalDiscrete Applied Mathematics
Volume361
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Jan 2025

Keywords

  • Extremal graph
  • Intersecting quadrangles
  • Intersecting triangles
  • Minor
  • α-index

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