Title
Solutions for two conjectures on the eigenvalues of the eccentricity matrix, and beyond
Abstract
The eccentricity matrix ε(G) of a graph G is constructed from the distance matrix of G by keeping only the largest distances for each row and each column. This matrix can be interpreted as the opposite of the adjacency matrix obtained from the distance matrix by keeping only the distances equal to 1 for each row and each column. In this paper we focus on the eccentricity matrix of graphs. Let T be an n-vertex tree and let εn(T) be the least ε-eigenvalue of T. On the one hand, we determine the n-vertex trees with the minimum ε-spectral radius. On the other hand, for n⩾3, we show that εn(T)⩽−2 with equality if and only if T is a star. As a consequence, we solve two conjectures proposed by Wang et al. (2018). Furthermore, we identify all the trees with given order and diameter having the minimum ε-spectral radius . Finally, we determine all the n-vertex connected graphs whose maximum degrees are less than n−1 and least ε-eigenvalues are in [−22,−2].
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1016/j.disc.2020.111925
Discrete Mathematics
Keywords
DocType
Volume
The eccentricity matrix,Spectral radius,The least eigenvalue,Diameter
Journal
343
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
8
0012-365X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wei Wei100.68
Xiaocong He200.34
Shuchao Li318335.15