Spectral radius and homeomorphically irreducible spanning trees of graphs

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Main Authors: Gao, Bingqian, Liu, Huiqing, Zhao, Jing
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author Gao, Bingqian
Liu, Huiqing
Zhao, Jing
author_facet Gao, Bingqian
Liu, Huiqing
Zhao, Jing
contents For a connected graph $G$, a spanning tree $T$ of $G$ is called a homeomorphically irreducible spanning tree (HIST) if $T$ has no vertices of degree 2. Albertson {\em et al.} proved that it is $NP$-complete to decide whether a graph contains a HIST. In this paper, we provide some spectral conditions that guarantee the existence of a HIST in a connected graph. Furthermore, we also present some sufficient conditions in terms of the order of a graph $G$ to ensure the existence of a HIST in $G$.
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spellingShingle Spectral radius and homeomorphically irreducible spanning trees of graphs
Gao, Bingqian
Liu, Huiqing
Zhao, Jing
Combinatorics
05C35, 05C50
For a connected graph $G$, a spanning tree $T$ of $G$ is called a homeomorphically irreducible spanning tree (HIST) if $T$ has no vertices of degree 2. Albertson {\em et al.} proved that it is $NP$-complete to decide whether a graph contains a HIST. In this paper, we provide some spectral conditions that guarantee the existence of a HIST in a connected graph. Furthermore, we also present some sufficient conditions in terms of the order of a graph $G$ to ensure the existence of a HIST in $G$.
title Spectral radius and homeomorphically irreducible spanning trees of graphs
topic Combinatorics
05C35, 05C50
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02021