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Main Authors: Esmailpour, Aryan, Madani, Sara Saeedi, Kiani, Dariush
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.09268
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author Esmailpour, Aryan
Madani, Sara Saeedi
Kiani, Dariush
author_facet Esmailpour, Aryan
Madani, Sara Saeedi
Kiani, Dariush
contents Let $G$ be a graph, and let $λ(G)$ denote the smallest eigenvalue of $G$. First, we provide an upper bound for $λ(G)$ based on induced bipartite subgraphs of $G$. Consequently, we extract two other upper bounds, one relying on the average degrees of induced bipartite subgraphs and a more explicit one in terms of the chromatic number and the independence number of $G$. In particular, motivated by our bounds, we introduce two graph invariants that are of interest on their own. Finally, special attention goes to the investigation of the sharpness of our bounds in various classes of graphs as well as the comparison with an existing well-known upper bound.
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spellingShingle Combinatorial upper bounds for the smallest eigenvalue of a graph
Esmailpour, Aryan
Madani, Sara Saeedi
Kiani, Dariush
Combinatorics
05C50
Let $G$ be a graph, and let $λ(G)$ denote the smallest eigenvalue of $G$. First, we provide an upper bound for $λ(G)$ based on induced bipartite subgraphs of $G$. Consequently, we extract two other upper bounds, one relying on the average degrees of induced bipartite subgraphs and a more explicit one in terms of the chromatic number and the independence number of $G$. In particular, motivated by our bounds, we introduce two graph invariants that are of interest on their own. Finally, special attention goes to the investigation of the sharpness of our bounds in various classes of graphs as well as the comparison with an existing well-known upper bound.
title Combinatorial upper bounds for the smallest eigenvalue of a graph
topic Combinatorics
05C50
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.09268