The Wiener index W (G) of a connected graph G is defined to be the sum

Let G be a graph and δv the degree of its vertex v . The connectivity index of G is χ = ∑ (δu δv) −1/2 , with the summation ranging over all pairs of adjacent vertices of G . We offer a simple proof that (a) among n-vertex graphs without isolated vertices, the star has minimal χvalue, and (b) among n-vertex graphs, the graphs in which all components are regular of non–zero degree have maximal (...

The atom-bond connectivity (ABC) index, introduced by Estrada et al. in 1998, displays an excellent correlation with the formation heat of alkanes. We give upper bounds for this graph invariant using the number of vertices, the number of edges, the Randić connectivity indices, and the first Zagreb index. We determine the unique tree with the maximum ABC index among trees with given numbers of v...

Let G be a connected simple (molecular) graph. The distance d(u, v) between two vertices u and v of G is equal to the length of a shortest path that connects u and v. In this paper we compute some distance based topological indices of H-Phenylenic nanotorus. At first we obtain an exact formula for the Wiener index. As application we calculate the Schultz index and modified Schultz index of this...

Expanding and forwarding are two graphic parameters related to the connectivity and the capacity of the network—the undirected graph with a given routing. Many large networks are composed from some existing smaller networks by using, in terms of graph theory, Cartesian product. The expanding and forwarding parameters of such large networks are associated strongly with that of the corresponding ...

In this paper, we present some new lower and upper bounds for the modified Randic index in terms of maximum, minimum degree, girth, algebraic connectivity, diameter and average distance. Also we obtained relations between this index with Harmonic and Atom-bond connectivity indices. Finally, as an application we computed this index for some classes of nano-structures and linear chains.

The Randić index R(G) of a graph G is the sum of weights (deg(u) deg(v))−0.5 over all edges uv of G, where deg(v) denotes the degree of a vertex v. Let r(G) be the radius of G. We prove that for any connected graph G of maximum degree four which is not a path with even number of vertices, R(G) ≥ r(G). As a consequence, we resolve the conjecture R(G) ≥ r(G)− 1 given by Fajtlowicz in 1988 for the...

This paper determines that the connectivity of the Cartesian product G1 G2 of two graphs G1 and G2 is equal to min{κ1v2, κ2v1, δ1 + δ2}, where vi, κi, δi is the order, the connectivity and the minimum degree of Gi, respectively, for i = 1, 2, and gives some necessary and sufficient conditions for G1 G2 to be maximally connected and super-connected.