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6 papers

math.CO2025

Localization of spectral Turán-type theorems

M. Rajesh Kannan, Hitesh Kumar, Shivaramakrishna Pragada

Let be a graph, and let and be a vertex and an edge of , respectively. Define (resp. ) to be the order of the largest clique in containing (resp…

math.CO2025

Improved Bounds for the Ultimate Independence Ratio of Odd Wheels

Alexander Clow, Hitesh Kumar, Shivaramakrishna Pragada

The ultimate independence ratio of a graph is defined as where is the independence…

math.CO2025

A new conjecture on the inertia of graphs

Saieed Akbari, Clive Elphick, Hitesh Kumar +2

Let be a graph with adjacency matrix . We conjecture that \[2n^+(G) \le n^-(G)(n^-(G) + 1),\] where and denote the number of positive and negative eigen…

math.CO2025

Refinement of a conjecture on positive square energy of graphs

Saieed Akbari, Hitesh Kumar, Bojan Mohar +2

Let be a simple graph of order with eigenvalues . Define \[s^+(G)=\sum_{λ_i >0} λ_i^2(G), \quad s^-(G)=\sum_{λ_i<0} λ_i^2(G).\] It was conjec…

math.CO2024

A Linear Lower Bound for the Square Energy of Graphs

Saieed Akbari, Hitesh Kumar, Bojan Mohar +1

Let be a graph of order with eigenvalues . Let \[s^+(G)=\sum_{λ_i>0} λ_i^2, \qquad s^-(G)=\sum_{λ_i<0} λ_i^2.\] The smaller value, $s(G)=\min\{s^+(…

math.CO2024

On the second largest adjacency eigenvalue of trees with given diameter

Hitesh Kumar, Bojan Mohar, Shivaramakrishna Pragada +1

For a graph , let denote the second largest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix of . We determine the extremal trees with maximum/minimum adjacency eigenvalue i…