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# The spread of unicyclic graphs with given size of maximum matchings

Nankai University, T’ien-ching-shih, Tianjin Shi, China
(Impact Factor: 1.15). 11/2007; 42(4):775-788. DOI: 10.1007/s10910-006-9141-6

ABSTRACT The spread s(G) of a graph G is defined as s(G)=max The spread s(G) of a graph G is defined as s(G)=max
i,j i,j
|λ |λ
i i
−λ −λ
j j
|, where the maximum is taken over all pairs of eigenvalues of G. Let U(n,k) denote the set of all unicyclic graphs on n vertices with a maximum matching of cardinality k, and U |, where the maximum is taken over all pairs of eigenvalues of G. Let U(n,k) denote the set of all unicyclic graphs on n vertices with a maximum matching of cardinality k, and U
*(n,k) the set of triangle-free graphs in U(n,k). In this paper, we determine the graphs with the largest and second largest spectral radius in U *(n,k) the set of triangle-free graphs in U(n,k). In this paper, we determine the graphs with the largest and second largest spectral radius in U
*(n,k), and the graph with the largest spread in U(n,k). *(n,k), and the graph with the largest spread in U(n,k).

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• "However, the graph(s) with maximum spread is still unknown, and some conjectures are presented in their paper. In [10], Li, Zhang and Zhou determine the unique graph with maximum spread among all unicyclic graphs with given order not less than 18, which is obtained from a star by adding an edge between two pendant vertices. In [11] Bolian Liu and Muhuo Liu obtain some new lower and upper bounds for the spread of a graph, which are some improvements of Gregory's bound on the spread for graphs with additional restrictions. "
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• "Many articles have recently appeared about the eigenvalues of unicyclic graphs in the context of matchings. Topics for such articles include general analysis [1] [2], the spectral radius [3], energy [4] [5], largest eigenvalues [6], and nullity [7]. One paper [8] uses methods similar to those presented here to determine the nullity of a unicyclic graph, but not the number of positive and negative eigenvalues. "
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• "For trees, it is obvious that the star and the path have the maximum spread and the minimum spread among all trees with given order, respectively. For unicyclic graphs, Li et al. [7] determine the unique graph with maximum spread among all unicyclic graphs with given size of maximum matchings, and the unique graph with maximum spread among all unicyclic graphs of order n when n 18. "
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