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...

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...