The minimal matching energy of (n,m)-Graphs with a given matching number

Kexiang Xu, Kinkar C.H. Das, Zhiqing Zheng

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Abstract

The matching energy of a graph is defined as the sum of the absolute values of the zeros of its matching polynomial. Let Gn,m be the set of connected graphs of order n and with m edges. In this note we determined the extremal graphs from Gn,m with n ≤ m ≤ 2n-4 minimizing the matching energy. Also we determined the minimal matching energy of graphs from Gn,m where m = n-1+t and 1 ≤ t ≤ β-1 and with a given matching number β. Moreover, the above extremal graphs have been completely characterized.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)93-104
Number of pages12
JournalMatch
Volume73
Issue number1
StatePublished - 2015

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