On the Randić energy of caterpillar graphs

Domingos M. Cardoso, Paula Carvalho, Roberto C. Díaz +1

A caterpillar graph $T(p_1,\dots ,p_r)$ of order $n=r+{\sum }_{i=1}^r{p}_i$, $r\ge 2$, is a tree such that removing all its pendent vertices gives rise to a path of order $r$. In t…