Title
On the extremal Sombor index of trees with a given diameter
Abstract
Based on elementary geometry, Gutman proposed a novel graph invariants called the Sombor index SO(G), which is defined as SO(G) = Sigma(uv epsilon E(G))root d(G(u))(2) + d(G(v))(2), where d(G) (u) and d(G)(v) denote the degree of u and v in G, respectively. It has been proved that the Sombor index could predict some physicochemical properties. In this paper, we characterize the extremal graphs with respect to the Sombor index among all the n-order trees with a given diameter. Firstly, we order the trees with respect to the Sombor index among the n-vertex trees with diameter 3. Then, we determine the largest and the second largest Sombor indices of n-vertex trees with a given diameter d >= 4 and characterize the corresponding trees. Moreover, for n - d = 3, we characterize the extremal n-order trees which reach from the third to the fourth (resp. the sixth, the seventh) largest Sombor indices with d = 4 (resp. d = 5, d >= 6). For n - d >= 4, we characterize the extremal n-order trees which reach from the third to the fifth (resp. the eighth, the ninth) largest Sombor indices with d = 4 (resp. d = 5, d >= 6). As consequences, the top four n-order trees with respect to the Sombor index are characterized. (C) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Year
DOI
Venue
2022
10.1016/j.amc.2021.126731
APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Sombor index, Tree, Diameter, Diametrical path
Journal
416
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0096-3003
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Shuchao Li118335.15
Zheng Wang200.34
Minjie Zhang300.68