Let G be a graph of order n such that ∑n i=0(−1)iaiλn−i and ∑n i=0(−1)ibiλn−i are the characteristic polynomials of the signless Laplacian and the Laplacian matrices of G, respectively. We show that ai ≥ bi for i = 0,1, . . . , n. As a consequence, we prove that for any α, 0 < α ≤ 1, if q1, . . . , qn and μ1, . . . ,μn are the signless Laplacian and the Laplacian eigenvalues of G, respectively,...

This is the third part of our work with a common title. The first [11] and the second part [12] will be also referred in the sequel as Part I and Part II, respectively. This third part was not planned at the beginning, but a lot of recently published papers on the signless Laplacian eigenvalues of graphs and some observations of ours justify its preparation. By a spectral graph theory we unders...

We prove that the minimum value of the least eigenvalue of the signless Laplacian of a connected nonbipartite graph with a prescribed number of vertices is attained solely in the unicyclic graph obtained from a triangle by attaching a path at one of its endvertices. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. AMS classification: 05C50

In this paper, we determine the unique graph whose least signless Laplacian eigenvalue attains the minimum among all non-bipartite unicyclic graphs of order n with maximum degree Δ and among all non-bipartite connected graphs of order n with maximum degree Δ, respectively.

Let qmin(G) stand for the smallest eigenvalue of the signless Laplacian of a graph G of order n: This paper gives some results on the following extremal problem: How large can qmin (G) be if G is a graph of order n; with no complete subgraph of order r + 1? It is shown that this problem is related to the well-known topic of making graphs bipartite. Using known classical results, several bounds ...

In this paper, various modifications of a connected graph G are regarded as perturbations of its signless Laplacian matrix. Several results concerning the resulting changes to the signless Laplacian spectral radius of G are obtained by solving intermediate eigenvalue problems of the second type. AMS subject classifications: 05C50

Let G be a simple graph with adjacency matrix A (= AG). The eigenvalues and the spectrum of A are also called the eigenvalues and the spectrum of G, respectively. If we consider a matrix Q = D + A instead of A, where D is the diagonal matrix of vertex–degrees (in G), we get the signless Laplacian eigenvalues and the signless Laplacian spectrum, respectively. For short, the signless Laplacian ei...

We consider the problem of determining the Q–integral graphs, i.e. the graphs with integral signless Laplacian spectrum. First, we determine some infinite series of such graphs having the other two spectra (the usual one and the Laplacian) integral. We also completely determine all (2, s)–semiregular bipartite graphs with integral signless Laplacian spectrum. Finally, we give some results conce...

For a connected graph G, we derive tight inequalities relating the smallest signless Laplacian eigenvalue to the largest normalised Laplacian eigenvalue. We investigate how vectors yielding small values of the Rayleigh quotient for the signless Laplacian matrix can be used to identify bipartite subgraphs. Our results are applied to some graphs with degree sequences approximately following a pow...

A graph is said to be determined by its signless Laplacian spectrum if there is no other non-isomorphic graph with the same spectrum. In this paper, it is shown that each starlike tree with maximum degree 4 is determined by its signless Laplacian spectrum.