in the process of structural analysis we often come to structures that can be analyzed with simpler methods than the standard approaches. for these structures, known as regular structures, the matrices involved are in canonical forms and their eigen-solution can be performed in a simple manner. however, by adding or removing some elements or nodes, such methods cannot be utilized. here, an effi...

The nullity of a graph is the multiplicity of the eigenvalues zero in its spectrum. A signed graph is a graph with a sign attached to each of its edges. In this paper, we obtain the coefficient theorem of the characteristic polynomial of a signed graph, give two formulae on the nullity of signed graphs with cut-points. As applications of the above results, we investigate the nullity of the bicy...

A signed graph [G,Σ] is a graph G together with an assignment of signs + and − to all the edges of G where Σ is the set of negative edges. Furthermore [G,Σ1] and [G,Σ2] are considered to be equivalent if the symmetric difference of Σ1 and Σ2 is an edge cut of G. Naturally arising from matroid theory, several notions of graph theory, such as the theory of minors and the theory of nowhere-zero fl...

If G = (V, E, σ) is a finite signed graph, a function f : V → {−1, 0, 1} is a minusdominating function (MDF) of G if f(u) +summation over all vertices v∈N(u) of σ(uv)f(v) ≥ 1 for all u ∈ V . In this paper we characterize signed paths and cycles admitting an MDF.

Let $kge 1$ be an integer, and let $G$ be a finite and simple graph with vertex set $V(G)$.A weak signed Roman $k$-dominating function (WSRkDF) on a graph $G$ is a function$f:V(G)rightarrow{-1,1,2}$ satisfying the conditions that $sum_{xin N[v]}f(x)ge k$ for eachvertex $vin V(G)$, where $N[v]$ is the closed neighborhood of $v$. The weight of a WSRkDF $f$ is$w(f)=sum_{vin V(G)}f(v)$. The weak si...

We prove a conjecture of F uredi and Mubayi: For any graph G on n vertices with minimum degree r, there exists a two-coloring of the vertices of G with colors +1 and ?1, such that the closed neighborhood of each vertex contains more +1's than ?1's, and altogether the number of 1's does not exceed the number of ?1's by more than O(n= p r). As a construction by F uredi and Mubayi shows, this is a...

A Smarandachely k-signed graph (Smarandachely k-marked graph) is an ordered pair S = (G,σ) (S = (G,μ)), where G = (V, E) is a graph called the underlying graph of S and σ : E → (e1, e2, · · · , ek) (μ : V → (e1, e2, · · · , ek)) is a function, where each ei ∈ {+,−}. Particularly, a Smarandachely 2-singed graph or 2-marked graph is called abbreviated to a singed graph or a marked graph. We chara...