Operations Research Transactions ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (2): 111-118.

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 Bicyclic graph with the maximal Estrada indices

XU Weiwei1, WANG Wenhuan1,*   

  1. 2. Department of Mathematics, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
  • Online:2014-06-15 Published:2014-06-15

Abstract: Let \mathcal{B}^+_{n} be the set of bipartite bicyclic graphs with n vertices. In \mathcal{B}^+_{n}, ordering the graphs in terms of their maximal Estrada indices was considered. With the aid of a relationship between the Estrada index and the largest eigenvalue of the bipartite graphs, we deduce the graphs with the largest and the second largest Estrada indices in \mathcal{B}^+_{n} for n\geq 8.

Key words: bicyclic graph, Estrada indices, eigenvalues of graph, bipartite

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