A lower bound of toughness of regular graphs: in terms of second largest eigenvalue

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contents Let $G$ be a connected (non-complete) $d$-regular graph with $d\geq3$. Let $c(G-S)$ denote the number of components of $G-S$ for any cut $S$ of $G$. The toughness $t(G)$ of $G$ is defined as $\min\left\{\frac{|S|}{c(G-S)}\right\}$, where the minimum is taken over all proper cuts $S$ of $G$. Let $λ_{2}(G)$ denote the second largest eigenvalue of $G$. In this paper, we prove $$t(G)\geq\min\left\{\frac{d+1}{d}(d-λ_{2}(G)),1\right\}.$$
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spellingShingle A lower bound of toughness of regular graphs: in terms of second largest eigenvalue
Zhang, Wenqian
Combinatorics
Let $G$ be a connected (non-complete) $d$-regular graph with $d\geq3$. Let $c(G-S)$ denote the number of components of $G-S$ for any cut $S$ of $G$. The toughness $t(G)$ of $G$ is defined as $\min\left\{\frac{|S|}{c(G-S)}\right\}$, where the minimum is taken over all proper cuts $S$ of $G$. Let $λ_{2}(G)$ denote the second largest eigenvalue of $G$. In this paper, we prove $$t(G)\geq\min\left\{\frac{d+1}{d}(d-λ_{2}(G)),1\right\}.$$
title A lower bound of toughness of regular graphs: in terms of second largest eigenvalue
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.00627