Some results on $σ_{t}$-irregularity

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Main Authors: Filipovski, Slobodan, Dimitrov, Darko, Knor, Martin, Škrekovski, Riste
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author Filipovski, Slobodan
Dimitrov, Darko
Knor, Martin
Škrekovski, Riste
author_facet Filipovski, Slobodan
Dimitrov, Darko
Knor, Martin
Škrekovski, Riste
contents The $σ_{t}$-irregularity (or sigma total index) is a graph invariant which is defined as $σ_{t}(G)=\sum_{\{u,v\}\subseteq V(G)}(d(u)-d(v))^{2},$ where $d(z)$ denotes the degree of $z$. This irregularity measure was proposed by R\' {e}ti [Appl. Math. Comput. 344-345 (2019) 107-115], and recently rediscovered by Dimitrov and Stevanović [Appl. Math. Comput. 441 (2023) 127709]. In this paper we remark that $σ_{t}(G)=n^{2}\cdot Var(G)$, where $Var(G)$ is the degree variance of the graph. Based on this observation, we characterize irregular graphs with maximum $σ_{t}$-irregularity. We show that among all connected graphs on $n$ vertices, the split graphs $S_{\lceil\frac{n}{4}\rceil, \lfloor\frac{3n}{4}\rfloor }$ and $S_{\lfloor\frac{n}{4}\rfloor, \lceil\frac{3n}{4}\rceil }$ have the maximum $σ_{t}$-irregularity, and among all complete bipartite graphs on $n$ vertices, either the complete bipartite graph $K_{\lfloor\frac{n}{4}(2-\sqrt{2})\rfloor, \lceil\frac{n}{4}(2+\sqrt{2})\rceil }$ or $K_{\lceil\frac{n}{4}(2-\sqrt{2})\rceil, \lfloor\frac{n}{4}(2+\sqrt{2})\rfloor }$ has the maximum sigma total index. Moreover, various upper and lower bounds for $σ_{t}$-irregularity are provided; in this direction we give a relation between the graph energy $\mathcal{E}(G)$ and sigma total index $σ_{t}(G)$ and give another proof of two results by Dimitrov and Stevanović. Applying Fiedler's characterization of the largest and the second smallest Laplacian eigenvalue of the graph, we also establish new relationships between $σ_{t}$ and $σ$. We conclude the paper with two conjectures.
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spellingShingle Some results on $σ_{t}$-irregularity
Filipovski, Slobodan
Dimitrov, Darko
Knor, Martin
Škrekovski, Riste
Combinatorics
05C35, 05C05, 05C09
The $σ_{t}$-irregularity (or sigma total index) is a graph invariant which is defined as $σ_{t}(G)=\sum_{\{u,v\}\subseteq V(G)}(d(u)-d(v))^{2},$ where $d(z)$ denotes the degree of $z$. This irregularity measure was proposed by R\' {e}ti [Appl. Math. Comput. 344-345 (2019) 107-115], and recently rediscovered by Dimitrov and Stevanović [Appl. Math. Comput. 441 (2023) 127709]. In this paper we remark that $σ_{t}(G)=n^{2}\cdot Var(G)$, where $Var(G)$ is the degree variance of the graph. Based on this observation, we characterize irregular graphs with maximum $σ_{t}$-irregularity. We show that among all connected graphs on $n$ vertices, the split graphs $S_{\lceil\frac{n}{4}\rceil, \lfloor\frac{3n}{4}\rfloor }$ and $S_{\lfloor\frac{n}{4}\rfloor, \lceil\frac{3n}{4}\rceil }$ have the maximum $σ_{t}$-irregularity, and among all complete bipartite graphs on $n$ vertices, either the complete bipartite graph $K_{\lfloor\frac{n}{4}(2-\sqrt{2})\rfloor, \lceil\frac{n}{4}(2+\sqrt{2})\rceil }$ or $K_{\lceil\frac{n}{4}(2-\sqrt{2})\rceil, \lfloor\frac{n}{4}(2+\sqrt{2})\rfloor }$ has the maximum sigma total index. Moreover, various upper and lower bounds for $σ_{t}$-irregularity are provided; in this direction we give a relation between the graph energy $\mathcal{E}(G)$ and sigma total index $σ_{t}(G)$ and give another proof of two results by Dimitrov and Stevanović. Applying Fiedler's characterization of the largest and the second smallest Laplacian eigenvalue of the graph, we also establish new relationships between $σ_{t}$ and $σ$. We conclude the paper with two conjectures.
title Some results on $σ_{t}$-irregularity
topic Combinatorics
05C35, 05C05, 05C09
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.04881