3 papers
math.CO2026
Counterexamples to a conjecture on graph inertia
Hongzhang Chen, Jianxi Li
The inertia of a graph is , where are the numbers of positive, zero and negative eigenvalues of the ad…
math.CO2026
On a conjecture of distance spectral extremal problems
Hongzhang Chen, Jianxi Li, Yongtao Li
Brualdi and Hoffman proposed a well-known problem of determining the graph with maximum adjacency spectral radius among all graphs with given size . Early work by Friedland and…
math.CO2026
An exponentially small gap of the Perron vector on independent sets
Hongzhang Chen, Jianxi Li, Yongtao Li +2
A classical result of CioabÄ states that if is a connected graph with the unit Perron vector , then any independent set of satisfies $\sum_{v\in S} x_v^2 \…