The Maximum and Minimum Value of Exponential RandićIndices of Quasi-Tree Graph

The exponential Randić index has important applications in the fields of biology and chemistry. The exponential Randić index of a graph G is defined as the sum of the weights e 1 d( u )d( v ) of all edges uv of G, where d( u ) denotes the degree of a vertex u in G. The paper mainly provides the upper and lower bounds of the exponential Randić index in quasi-tree graphs, and characterizes the extremal graphs when the bounds are achieved.

A necessary and sufficient condition for a vertex-transitive graph to be star extremal

A graph is called star extremal if its fractional chromatic number is equal to its circular chromatic number. We first give a necessary and sufficient condition for a graph G to have circular chromatic number V(G)/α(G) (where V(G) is the vertex number of G and α(G) is its independence number). From this result, we get a necessary and sufficient condition for a vertex-transitive graph to be star extremal as well as a necessary and sufficient condition for a circulant graph to be star extremal. Using these conditions, we obtain several classes of star extremal graphs.

The Star-Extremality of Circulant Graphs

The circular chromatic number and the fractional chromatic number are two generalizations of the ordinary chromatic number of a graph. We say a graph G is star extremal if its circular chromatic number is equal to its fractional chromatic number. This paper gives an improvement of a theorem. And we show that several classes of circulant graphs are star extremal.

A Class of Star Extremal Circulant Graphs

The circular chromatic number and the fractional chromatic number are two generalizations of the ordinary chromatic number of a graph. A graph is called star extremal if its fractional chromatic number equals to its circular chromatic number (also known as the star chromatic number). This paper studies the star extremality of the circulant graphs whose generating sets are of the form {±1,±k} .

Unicyclic graphs with extremal Lanzhou index

Very recently D.Vukicevic et al.[8]introduced a new topological index for a molecular graph G named Lanzhou index as∑_(u∈V(G))d_(u)d^(2)_(u),where d_(u)and d_(u)denote the degree of vertex u in G and in its complement respectively.Lanzhou index Lz(G)can be expressed as(n-1)M_(1)(G)-F(G),where M_(1)(G)and F(G)denote the first Zagreb index and the forgotten index of G respectively,and n is the number of vertices in G.It turns out that Lanzhou index outperforms M_(1)(G)and F(G)in predicting the logarithm of the octanol-water partition coefficient for octane and nonane isomers.It was shown that stars and balanced double stars are the minimal and maximal trees for Lanzhou index respectively.In this paper,we determine the unicyclic graphs and the unicyclic chemical graphs with the minimum and maximum Lanzhou indices separately.

Extremal Cut-width Problem for Graphs

The problem studied in this paper is to determine e（p, C）, the minimum size of a connected graph G with given vertex number p and cut-width C.

The Minimum Hosoya Index of a Kind of Tetracyclic Graph

Let be a graph with n vertices and m edges. The sum of absolute value of all coefficients of matching polynomial is called Hosoya index. In this paper, we determine 2nd to 4th minimum Hosoya index of a kind of tetracyclic graph, with m = n +3.

Maximum Number of Edges of (rK_t)-Free Graphs

With positive integers r,t and n,where n≥rt and t≥2,the maximum number of edges of a simple graph of order n is estimated,which does not contain r disjoint copies of K_r for r=2 and 3.

MAXIMUM CUTWIDTH PROBLEM FOR GRAPHS

The problem studied in this paper is to determine E(p,C),the maximum size of a connected graph G with the given vertex number p and cutwidth C. This paper presents some results on this problem.

Extreme Matroid Graphs

Let G be a simple graph and T={S :S is extreme in G}. If M(V(G), T) is a matroid, then G is called an extreme matroid graph. In this paper, we study the properties of extreme matroid graph.

A Dynamic Programming Approach for the Max-Min Cycle Packing Problem in Even Graphs

Let be an undirected graph. The maximum cycle packing problem in G then is to find a collection of edge-disjoint cycles Ciin G such that s is maximum. In general, the maximum cycle packing problem is NP-hard. In this paper, it is shown for even graphs that if such a collection satisfies the condition that it minimizes the quantityon the set of all edge-disjoint cycle collections, then it is a maximum cycle packing. The paper shows that the determination of such a packing can be solved by a dynamic programming approach. For its solution, an-shortest path procedure on an appropriate acyclic networkis presented. It uses a particular monotonous node potential.

Extremal P_(8)-Free/P_(9)-Free Planar Graphs

An H-free graph is a graph not containing the given graph H as a subgraph.It is well known that the Turán number ex(n,H)is the maximum number of edges in an H-free graph on n vertices.Based on this definition,we define ex_(P)(n,H)to restrict the graph classes to planar graphs,that is,ex_(P)(n,H)=max{|E(G)|:G∈G,where G is a family of all H-free planar graphs on n vertices.Obviously,we have ex_(P)(n,H)=3n−6 if the graph H is not a planar graph.The study is initiated by Dowden(J Graph Theory 83:213–230,2016),who obtained some results when H is considered as C_(4)or C_(5).In this paper,we determine the values of ex_(P)(n,Pk)with k∈{8,9},where Pk is a path with k vertices.

The lower bound of revised edge-Szeged index of unicyclic graphs with given diameter

Given a connected graph G,the revised edge-revised Szeged index is defined as Sz_(e)^(*)(G)=∑_(e=uv∈E_(G))(m_(u)(e)+m_(0)(e)/2)(m_(v)(e)+m_(0)(e)/w),where m_(u)(e),m_(v)(e)and m_(0)(e)are the number of edges of G lying closer to vertex u than to vertex u,the number of edges of G lying closer to vertex than to vertex u and the number of edges of G at the same distance to u and u,respectively.In this paper,by transformation and calculation,the lower bound of revised edge-Szeged index of unicyclic graphs with given diameter is obtained,and the extremal graph is depicted.

Unicyclic Graphs of Minimal Spectral Radius

It was conjectured by Li and Feng in 1979 that the unicyclic graph formed by a cycle of order g linking to an endvertex of a path of length k minimizes the spectral radius of all unicyclic graphs of order g ＋ k and girth g. In 1987, Cao proved that this conjecture is true for k ≥ g（g - 2）/8 and false for k = 2 and sufficiently large g. In this note, we show that g 〉12 suffices for the counterexample and give more counterexamples with large girth for any integer k 〉 1.

On Graphs with Cut Vertices and Cut Edges

Let G（n,k,t） be a set of graphs with n vertices,k cut edges and t cut vertices.In this paper,we classify these graphs in G（n,k,t） according to cut vertices,and characterize the extremal graphs with the largest spectral radius in G（n,k,t）.

Topological Minors in Bipartite Graphs

For a bipartite graph G on m and n vertices, respectively, in its vertices classes, and for integers s andt such that 2≤ s ≤ t, 0≤ m-s ≤ n-t, andre＋n≤ 2s＋t-1, we prove that if G has at least mn- （2（m - s） ＋ n - t） edges then it contains a subdivision of the complete bipartite K（s,t） with s vertices in the m-class and t vertices in the n-class. Furthermore, we characterize the corresponding extremal bipartite graphs with mn- （2（m - s） ＋ n - t ＋ 1） edges for this topological Turan type problem.

Bipartite Graphs with the Maximum Sum of Squares of Degrees

In this paper we determine all the bipartite graphs with the maximum sum of squares of degrees among the ones with a given number of vertices and edges.

Extremal Problem with Respect to Merrifield-Simmons Index and Hosoya Index of a Class of Polygonal Chains

The Merrifield-Simmons index of a graph is defined as the total number of the independent sets of the graph and the Ho- soya index of a graph is defined as the total number of the match- ings of the graph. In this paper, the definition of a class of po- lygonal chains is given, ordering of the polygonal chains with respect to Merrifield-Simmons index and Hosoya index are ob- tained, and their extremal graphs with respect to these two topo- logical indices are determined.

On a Classical Theorem on the Diameter and Minimum Degree of a Graph

In this work, we obtain good upper bounds for the diameter of any graph in terms of its minimum degree and its order, improving a classical theorem due to Erdos, Pach, Pollack and Tuza. We use these bounds in order to study hyperbolic graphs （in the Gromov sense）. To compute the hyperbolicity constant is an almost intractable problem, thus it is natural to try to bound it in terms of some parameters of the graph. Let H（n, δ0） be the set of graphs G with n vertices and minimum degree 50, and J（n, Δ） be the set of graphs G with n vertices and maximum degree A. We study the four following extremal problems on graphs： a（n,δ0） = min{δ（G） ｜ G ∈H（n, δ0）}, b（n, δ0） =- max{δ（G）｜ e ∈H（n, δ0）}, α（n, Δ） = min{δ（G） [ G ∈ J（n, Δ）} and β（n,Δ） = max{δ（G） ] G∈Π（n,Δ）}. In particular, we obtain bounds for b（n, δ0） and we compute the precise value of a（n, δ0）, α（n, Δ） and w（n, Δ） for all values of n, r0 and A, respectively.

Erratum to “On a Classical Theorem on the Diameter and Minimum Degree of a Graph”

The original version of the article was published in [1]. Unfortunately, the original version of this article contains a mistake： in Theorem 6.2 appears that β（n, △） = （n-△ ＋ 5）/4 but the correct statement is β（n, △） = （n -△ ＋ 4）/4. In this erratum we correct the theorem and give the correct proof.