The Linear Unicyclic Hypergraph with the Second or Third Largest Spectral Radius.

The spectral radius of a uniform hypergraph is defined to be that of the adjacency tensor of the hypergraph. It is known that the unique unicyclic hypergraph with the largest spectral radius is a nonlinear hypergraph, and the unique linear unicyclic hypergraph with the largest spectral radius is a power hypergraph. In this paper we determine the unique linear unicyclic hypergraph with the second or third largest spectral radius, where the former hypergraph is a power hypergraph and the latter hypergraph is a non-power hypergraph. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]