the first ($pi_1$) and the second $(pi_2$) multiplicative zagreb indices of a connected graph $g$, with vertex set $v(g)$ and edge set $e(g)$, are defined as $pi_1(g) = prod_{u in v(g)} {d_u}^2$ and $pi_2(g) = prod_{uv in e(g)} {d_u}d_{v}$, respectively, where ${d_u}$ denotes the degree of the vertex $u$. in this paper we present a simple approach to order these indices for connected graphs on ...

the hosoya index and the merrifield-simmons index are two types of graph invariants used in mathematical chemistry. in this paper, we give some formulas for computed these indices for some classes of corona product and link of two graphs. furthermore, we obtain exact formulas of hosoya and merrifield-simmons indices for the set of bicyclic graphs, caterpillars and dual star.

Bicyclic graphs are connected graphs in which the number of edges equals the number of vertices plus one. In this paper we determine the graph with the largest spectral radius among all bicyclic graphs with n vertices and diameter d. As an application, we give first three graphs among all bicyclic graphs on n vertices, ordered according to their spectral radii in decreasing order. © 2006 Elsevi...

A connected graph of order n is bicyclic if it has n+1 edges. He et al. [C.X. He, J.Y. Shao, J.L. He, On the Laplacian spectral radii of bicyclic graphs, Discrete Math. 308 (2008) 5981–5995] determined, among the n-vertex bicyclic graphs, the first four largest Laplacian spectral radii together with the corresponding graphs (six in total). It turns that all these graphs have the spectral radius...

Let ∆(G), ∆ for short, be the maximum degree of a graph G. In this paper, trees (resp., unicyclic graphs and bicyclic graphs), which attain the first and the second largest spectral radius with respect to the adjacency matrix in the class of trees (resp., unicyclic graphs and bicyclic graphs) with n vertices and the maximum degree ∆, where ∆ ≥ n+1 2 (resp., ∆ ≥ n 2 +1 and ∆ ≥ n+3 2 ) are determ...

Let ∆(G), ∆ for short, be the maximum degree of a graph G. In this paper, trees (resp., unicyclic graphs and bicyclic graphs), which attain the first and the second largest spectral radius with respect to the adjacency matrix in the class of trees (resp., unicyclic graphs and bicyclic graphs) with n vertices and the maximum degree ∆, where ∆ ≥ n+1 2 (resp., ∆ ≥ n 2 +1 and ∆ ≥ n+3 2 ) are determ...

We determine the minimum sum–connectivity index of bicyclic graphs with n vertices and matching number m, where 2 ≤ m ≤ ⌊n2 ⌋, the minimum and the second minimum, as well as the maximum and the second maximum sum–connectivity indices of bicyclic graphs with n ≥ 5 vertices. The extremal graphs are characterized. MSC 2000: 05C90; 05C35; 05C07

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...

The harmonic index is one of the most important indices in chemical and mathematical fields. It’s a variant of the Randić index which is the most successful molecular descriptor in structure-property and structureactivity relationships studies. The harmonic index gives somewhat better correlations with physical and chemical properties comparing with the well known Randić index. The harmonic ind...