Graphs with fixed number of pendent vertices and minimal Zeroth-order general Randić index

Guifu Su, Jianhua Tu, Kinkar Ch Das

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

17 Scopus citations

Abstract

We investigate the graph with minimal Zeroth-order general Randić index in terms of its order n, pendent number N1 and cyclomatic number γ ≥ 0. Extremal graphs were completely characterized for cases of γ=0,1,2, which can be directly extended for graphs with cyclomatic number γ ≥ 3.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)705-710
Number of pages6
JournalApplied Mathematics and Computation
Volume270
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2015

Keywords

  • Cyclomatic number
  • Extremal graphs
  • Pendent vertex
  • Zeroth-order general Randić index

Cite this