On extremal eigenvalues of the graph Laplacian

On Laplacian Eigenvalues of a Graph

Let G be a connected graph with n vertices and m edges. The Laplacian eigenvalues are denoted by μ1(G) ≥ μ2(G) ≥ ·· · ≥ μn−1(G) > μn(G) = 0. The Laplacian eigenvalues have important applications in theoretical chemistry. We present upper bounds for μ1(G)+ · · ·+μk(G) and lower bounds for μn−1(G)+ · · ·+μn−k(G) in terms of n and m, where 1 ≤ k ≤ n−2, and characterize the extremal cases. We also ...

Graph Embeddings and Laplacian Eigenvalues

Graph embeddings are useful in bounding the smallest nontrivial eigenvalues of Laplacian matrices from below. For an n×n Laplacian, these embedding methods can be characterized as follows: The lower bound is based on a clique embedding into the underlying graph of the Laplacian. An embedding can be represented by a matrix Γ; the best possible bound based on this embedding is n/λmax(Γ Γ). Howeve...

Bounds for Laplacian Graph Eigenvalues

Let G be a connected simple graph whose Laplacian eigenvalues are 0 = μn (G) μn−1 (G) · · · μ1 (G) . In this paper, we establish some upper and lower bounds for the algebraic connectivity and the largest Laplacian eigenvalue of G . Mathematics subject classification (2010): 05C50, 15A18.

Laplacian eigenvalues and optimality: II. The Laplacian of a graph

On the spectrum of an extremal graph with four eigenvalues

In this note we study some properties of the spectrum of a connected graph G with four different eigenvalues, and (spectrally maximum) diameter three. When G is regular, this is the case, for instance, when G is a distance-regular graph. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.