• Title of article

    Signed bicyclic graphs with minimal index

  • Author/Authors

    Brunetti, Maurizio Dipartmento di Matematica e Applicazioni - University `Federico II', Naples, Italy , Ciampella, Adriana Dipartmento di Matematica e Applicazioni - University `Federico II', Naples, Italy

  • Pages
    35
  • From page
    207
  • To page
    241
  • Abstract
    The index λ1(Γ) of a signed graph Γ=(G,σ) is just the largest eigenvalue of its adjacency matrix. For any n⩾4 we identify the signed graphs achieving the minimum index in the class of signed bicyclic graphs with n vertices. Apart from the n=4 case .
  • Keywords
    Signed Graph , Bicyclic Graph , Index , Extremal Graph Theory
  • Journal title
    Communications in Combinatorics and Optimization
  • Serial Year
    2023
  • Record number

    2730286