Write (A) = 1 (A) min (A) for the eigenvalues of a Hermitian matrix A. Our main result is: let A be a Hermitian matrix partitioned into r r blocks so that all diagonal blocks are zero. Then for every real diagonal matrix B of the same size as A; (B A) B + 1 r 1 : Let G be a nonempty graph, (G) be its chromatic number, A be its adjacency matrix, and L be its Laplacian. The above inequality impli...

We extend some recent results on sufficient conditions for Hamiltonian paths and cycles in G. Let G be a graph of order n and λ (G) be the spectral radius of its adjacency matrix. One of the main results of the paper is the following theorem: Let k 2, n k3 + k + 4, and let G be a graph of order n, with minimum degree δ (G) k. If λ (G) n k 1, then G has a Hamiltonian cycle, unless G = K1 _ (Kn k...

For a finite connected graph let be the spectral radius of its universal cover. We prove that for any graph of average degree and derive from it the following generalization of the Alon Boppana bound. If the average degree of the graph after deleting any radius ball is at least , then its second largest eigenvalue in absolute value is at least for some absolute constant . This result is tight i...

Let η(G) denote the distance signless Laplacian spectral radius of a connected graph G. In this paper, bounds for the distance signless Laplacian spectral radius of connected graphs are given, and the extremal graph with the minimal distance signless Laplacian spectral radius among the graphs with given vertex connectivity and minimum degree is determined. Furthermore, the digraph that minimize...