Koolen, J. and Moulton, V. (2003) Maximal energy bipartite graphs. Graphs and Combinatorics, 19 (1). pp. 131-135. ISSN 0911-0119

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Abstract

Given a graph $G$, its energy $E(G)$ is defined to be the sum of the absolute values of the eigenvalues of $G$. This quantity is used in chemistry to approximate the total $\pi$-electron energy of molecules and in particular, in case $G$ is bipartite, alternant hydrocarbons. Here we show that if $G$ is a bipartite graph with $n$ vertices, then $E(G) \leq \frac{n}{\sqrt{8}}(\sqrt{2} + \sqrt{n})$ must hold, characterize those bipartite graphs for which this bound is sharp, and provide an infinite family of maximal energy bipartite graphs.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Computing Sciences
Related URLs:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00373-002-048...
Depositing User:	Vishal Gautam
Date Deposited:	13 Jun 2011 11:54
Last Modified:	24 Jul 2019 17:01
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/22439
DOI:	10.1007/s00373-002-0487-7

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