Journal of University of Science and Technology of China ›› 2017, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (9): 733-737.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2778.2017.09.004

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The maximum Laplacian separators of bicyclic and tricyclic graphs

YU Guidong, HUANG Dongming, ZHANG Wuxiao,WANG Chen   

  1. 1. School of Mathematics and Computation Sciences, Anqing Normal University, Anqing 246133, China; 2. School of Mathematics and Statistics, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
  • Received:2016-03-14 Revised:2016-12-29 Accepted:2016-12-29 Online:2023-03-27 Published:2016-12-29
  • Contact: YU Guidong
  • About author:YU Guidong(corresponding author), female, born in 1973, PhD/Prof. Research field: Graph theory. E-mail: guidongy@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (11371028), NSF of Anhui Province (11040606M14), NSF of Department of Education of Anhui Province (KJ2015ZD27, KJ2017A362).

Abstract: Let G be an undirected simple graph of order n, L(G) be the Laplacian matrix of G, and μ1(G)≥μ2(G) ≥…≥μn(G) be the eigenvalues of L(G). The Laplacian separator of G is defined as SL(G)=μ1(G)-μ2(G). Here the maximum Laplacian separators of bicyclic and tricyclic graphs of a given order were studied, and the corresponding extremal graphs were characterized.

Key words: bicyclic graph, tricyclic graph, Laplacian separator of graph, Laplacian matrix

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