1. On the multiplicity of [formula omitted] as an [formula omitted]-eigenvalue of signed graphs with pendant vertices.
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Belardo, Francesco, Brunetti, Maurizio, and Ciampella, Adriana
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LAPLACIAN matrices , *MULTIPLICITY (Mathematics) , *GEOMETRIC vertices - Abstract
A signed graph is a pair Γ = (G , σ) , where x = (V (G) , E (G)) is a graph and σ : E (G) → { + 1 , − 1 } is the sign function on the edges of G. For any α ∈ [ 0 , 1 ] we consider the matrix A α (Γ) = α D (G) + (1 − α) A (Γ) , where D (G) is the diagonal matrix of the vertex degrees of G , and A (Γ) is the adjacency matrix of Γ. Let m A α (Γ) (α) be the multiplicity of α as an A α (Γ) -eigenvalue, and let G have p (G) pendant vertices, q (G) quasi-pendant vertices, and no components isomorphic to K 2. It is proved that m A α (Γ) (α) = p (G) − q (G) whenever all internal vertices are quasi-pendant. If this is not the case, it turns out that m A α (Γ) (α) = p (G) − q (G) + m N α (Γ) (α) , where m N (Γ) (α) denotes the multiplicity of α as an eigenvalue of the matrix N α (Γ) obtained from A α (Γ) taking the entries corresponding to the internal vertices which are not quasi-pendant. Such results allow to state a formula for the multiplicity of 1 as an eigenvalue of the Laplacian matrix L (Γ) = D (G) − A (Γ). Furthermore, it is detected a class G of signed graphs whose nullity – i.e. the multiplicity of 0 as an A (Γ) -eigenvalue – does not depend on the chosen signature. The class G contains, among others, all signed trees and all signed lollipop graphs. It also turns out that for signed graphs belonging to a subclass G ′ ⊂ G the multiplicity of 1 as Laplacian eigenvalue does not depend on the chosen signatures. Such subclass contains trees and circular caterpillars. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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