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Huiqiu Lin

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arXiv2023

Spectral extremal results on edge blow-up of graphs

Let ${\rm ex}(n,F)$ and ${\rm spex}(n,F)$ be the maximum size and maximum spectral radius of an $F$-free graph of order $n$, respectively. The value ${\rm spex}(n,F)$ is called the spectral extremal value of $F$. Nikiforov [J. Graph Theory 62 (2009) 362--368] gave the spectral Stability Lemma, which implies that for every $\varepsilon>0$, sufficiently large $n$ and a non-bipartite graph $H$ with chromatic number $χ(H)$, the extremal graph for ${\rm spex}(n,H)$ can be obtained from the Turán graph $T_{χ(H)-1}(n)$ by adding and deleting at most $\varepsilon n^2$ edges. It is still a challenging problem to determine the exact spectral extremal values of many non-bipartite graphs. Given a graph $F$ and an integer $p\geq 2$, the edge blow-up of $F$, denoted by $F^{p+1}$, is the graph obtained from replacing each edge in $F$ by a $K_{p+1}$ where the new vertices of $K_{p+1}$ are all distinct. In this paper, we determine the exact spectral extremal values of the edge blow-up of all non-bipartite graphs and provide the asymptotic spectral extremal values of the edge blow-up of all bipartite graphs for sufficiently large $n$, which can be seen as a spectral version of the theorem on ${\rm ex}(n,F^{p+1})$ given by Yuan [J. Combin. Theory Ser. B 152 (2022) 379--398]. As applications, on the one hand, we generalize several previous results on ${\rm spex}(n,F^{p+1})$ for $F$ being a matching and a star for $p\geq 3$. On the other hand, we obtain the exact values of ${\rm spex}(n,F^{p+1})$ for $F$ being a path, a cycle and a complete graph.

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arXiv2023

Toughness and spectral radius in graphs

The Brouwer's toughness conjecture states that every $d$-regular connected graph always has $t(G)>\frac{d}λ-1$ where $λ$ is the second largest absolute eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix. In 1988, Enomoto introduced a variation of toughness $τ(G)$ of a graph $G$. By incorporating the variation of toughness and spectral conditions, we provide spectral conditions for a graph to be $τ$-tough ($τ\geq 2$ is an integer) and to be $τ$-tough ($\frac{1}τ$ is a positive integer) with minimum degree $δ$, respectively. Additionally, we also investigate a analogous problem concerning balanced bipartite graphs.

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arXiv2023

l-connectivity, l-edge-connectivity and spectral radius of graphs

Let G be a connected graph. The toughness of G is defined as t(G)=min{\frac{|S|}{c(G-S)}}, in which the minimum is taken over all proper subsets S\subset V(G) such that c(G-S)\geq 2 where c(G-S) denotes the number of components of G-S. Confirming a conjecture of Brouwer, Gu [SIAM J. Discrete Math. 35 (2021) 948--952] proved a tight lower bound on toughness of regular graphs in terms of the second largest absolute eigenvalue. Fan, Lin and Lu [European J. Combin. 110 (2023) 103701] then studied the toughness of simple graphs from the spectral radius perspective. While the toughness is an important concept in graph theory, it is also very interesting to study |S| for which c(G-S)\geq l for a given integer l\geq 2. This leads to the concept of the l-connectivity, which is defined to be the minimum number of vertices of G whose removal produces a disconnected graph with at least l components or a graph with fewer than l vertices. Gu [European J. Combin. 92 (2021) 103255] discovered a lower bound on the l-connectivity of regular graphs via the second largest absolute eigenvalue. As a counterpart, we discover the connection between the l-connectivity of simple graphs and the spectral radius. We also study similar problems for digraphs and an edge version.

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arXiv2023

The largest eigenvalue of $\mathcal{C}_4^{-}$-free signed graphs

Let $\mathcal{C}_{k}^{-}$ be the set of all negative $C_k$. For odd cycle, Wang, Hou and Li [29] gave a spectral condition for the existence of negative $C_3$ in unbalanced signed graphs. For even cycle, we determine the maximum index among all $\mathcal{C}_4^{-}$-free unbalanced signed graphs and completely characterize the extremal signed graph in this paper. This could be regarded as a signed graph version of the results by Nikiforov [23] and Zhai and Wang [37].

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arXiv2023

The spanning $k$-trees, perfect matchings and spectral radius of graphs

A $k$-tree is a spanning tree in which every vertex has degree at most $k$. In this paper, we provide a sufficient condition for the existence of a $k$-tree in a connected graph with fixed order in terms of the adjacency spectral radius and the signless Laplacian spectral radius, respectively. Also, we give a similar condition for the existence of a perfect matching in a balanced bipartite graph with fixed order and minimum degree.

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arXiv2023

Spectral extremal problem on $t$ copies of $\ell$-cycle

Denote by $tC_\ell$ the disjoint union of $t$ cycles of length $\ell$. Let $ex(n,F)$ and $spex(n,F)$ be the maximum size and spectral radius over all $n$-vertex $F$-free graphs, respectively. In this paper, we shall pay attention to the study of both $ex(n,tC_\ell)$ and $spex(n,tC_\ell)$. On the one hand, we determine $ex(n,tC_{2\ell+1})$ and characterize the extremal graph for any integers $t,\ell$ and $n\ge f(t,\ell)$, where $f(t,\ell)=O(t\ell^2)$. This generalizes the result on $ex(n,tC_3)$ of Erdős [Arch. Math. 13 (1962) 222--227] as well as the research on $ex(n,C_{2\ell+1})$ of Füredi and Gunderson [Combin. Probab. Comput. 24 (2015) 641--645]. On the other hand, we focus on the spectral Turán-type function $spex(n,tC_{\ell})$, and determine the extremal graph for any fixed $t,\ell$ and large enough $n$. Our results not only extend some classic spectral extremal results on triangles, quadrilaterals and general odd cycles due to Nikiforov, but also develop the famous spectral even cycle conjecture proposed by Nikiforov (2010) and confirmed by Cioabă, Desai and Tait (2022).

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arXiv2022

Spectral conditions for $k$-extendability and $k$-factors of bipartite graphs

Let $G$ be a connected graph. If $G$ contains a matching of size $k$, and every matching of size $k$ is contained in a perfect matching of $G$, then $G$ is said to be \emph{$k$-extendable}. A $k$-regular spanning subgraph of $G$ is called a \textit{$k$-factor}. In this paper, we provide spectral conditions for a (balanced bipartite) graph with minimum degree $δ$ to be $k$-extendable, and for the existence of a $k$-factor in a balanced bipartite graph, respectively. Our results generalize some previous results on perfect matchings of graphs, and extend the results in \cite{D.F} and \cite{W.L} to $k$-extendable graphs. Furthermore, our results generalize the result of Lu, Liu and Tian \cite{Lu-Liu} to general regular factors. Additionally, using the equivalence of $k$ edge-disjoint perfect matchings and $k$-factors in balanced bipartite graphs, our results can derive a spectral condition for the existence of $k$ edge-disjoint perfect matchings in balanced bipartite graphs.

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arXiv2022

The EKR-module property of pseudo-Paley graphs of square order

We prove that a family of pseudo-Paley graphs of square order obtained from unions of cyclotomic classes satisfies the Erdős-Ko-Rado (EKR) module property, in a sense that the characteristic vector of each maximum clique is a linear combination of characteristic vectors of canonical cliques. This extends the EKR-module property of Paley graphs of square order and solves a problem proposed by Godsil and Meagher. Different from previous works, which heavily rely on tools from number theory, our approach is purely combinatorial in nature. The main strategy is to view these graphs as block graphs of orthogonal arrays, which is of independent interest.

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arXiv2022

State transfer on integral mixed circulant graphs

A mixed circulant graph is called integral if all eigenvalues of its Hermitian adjacency matrix are integers. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the existence of perfect state transfer (PST for short) and multiple state transfer (MST for short) on integral mixed circulant graphs. Concretely, we provide sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence of PST and MST between specified pairs of vertices on integral mixed circulant graphs, respectively.

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arXiv2022

Spectral radius and edge-disjoint spanning trees

The spanning tree packing number of a graph $G$, denoted by $τ(G)$, is the maximum number of edge-disjoint spanning trees contained in $G$. The study of $τ(G)$ is one of the classic problems in graph theory. Cioabă and Wong initiated to investigate $τ(G)$ from spectral perspectives in 2012 and since then, $τ(G)$ has been well studied using the second largest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix in the past decade. In this paper, we further extend the results in terms of the number of edges and the spectral radius, respectively; and prove tight sufficient conditions to guarantee $τ(G)\geq k$ with extremal graphs characterized. Moreover, we confirm a conjecture of Ning, Lu and Wang on characterizing graphs with the maximum spectral radius among all graphs with a given order as well as fixed minimum degree and fixed edge connectivity. Our results have important applications in rigidity and nowhere-zero flows. We conclude with some open problems in the end.

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arXiv2022

Spectral radius and (globally) rigidity of graphs in $R^2$

Over the past half century, the rigidity of graphs in $R^2$ has aroused a great deal of interest. Lovász and Yemini (1982) proved that every $6$-connected graph is rigid in $R^2$. Jackson and Jordán (2005) provided a similar vertex-connectivity condition for the globally rigidity of graphs in $R^2$. These results imply that a graph $G$ with algebraic connectivity $μ(G)>5$ is (globally) rigid in $R^2$. Cioabă, Dewar and Gu (2021) improved this bound, and proved that a graph $G$ with minimum degree $δ\geq 6$ is rigid in $R^2$ if $μ(G)>2+\frac{1}{δ-1}$, and is globally rigid in $R^2$ if $μ(G)>2+\frac{2}{δ-1}$. In this paper, we study the (globally) rigidity of graphs in $R^2$ from the viewpoint of adjacency eigenvalues. Specifically, we provide sufficient conditions for a 2-connected (resp. 3-connected) graph with given minimum degree to be rigid (resp. globally rigid) in terms of the spectral radius. Furthermore, we determine the unique graph attaining the maximum spectral radius among all minimally rigid graphs of order $n$.

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arXiv2022

Toughness, hamiltonicity and spectral radius in graphs

The study of the existence of hamiltonian cycles in a graph is a classic problem in graph theory. By incorporating toughness and spectral conditions, we can consider Chvátal's conjecture from another perspective: what is the spectral condition to guarantee the existence of a hamiltonian cycle among $t$-tough graphs? We first give the answer to $1$-tough graphs, i.e. if $ρ(G)\geqρ(M_{n})$, then $G$ contains a hamiltonian cycle, unless $G\cong M_{n}$, where $M_{n}=K_{1}\nabla K_{n-4}^{+3}$ and $K_{n-4}^{+3}$ is the graph obtained from $3K_{1}\cup K_{n-4}$ by adding three independent edges between $3K_{1}$ and $K_{n-4}$. The Brouwer's toughness theorem states that every $d$-regular connected graph always has $t(G)>\frac{d}λ-1$ where $λ$ is the second largest absolute eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix. In this paper, we extend the result in terms of its spectral radius, i.e. we provide a spectral condition for a graph to be 1-tough with minimum degree $δ$ and to be $t$-tough, respectively.

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arXiv2022

Eigenvalues of signed graphs

Signed graphs have their edges labeled either as positive or negative. $ρ(M)$ denote the $M$-spectral radius of $Σ$, where $M=M(Σ)$ is a real symmetric graph matrix of $Σ$. Obviously, $ρ(M)=\mbox{max}\{λ_1(M),-λ_n(M)\}$. Let $A(Σ)$ be the adjacency matrix of $Σ$ and $(K_n,H^-)$ be a signed complete graph whose negative edges induce a subgraph $H$. In this paper, we first focus on a central problem in spectral extremal graph theory as follows: Which signed graph with maximum $ρ(A(Σ))$ among $(K_n,T^-)$ where $T$ is a spanning tree? To answer the problem, we characterize the extremal signed graph with maximum $λ_1(A(Σ))$ and minimum $λ_n(A(Σ))$ among $(K_n,T^-)$, respectively. Another interesting graph matrix of a signed graph is distance matrix, i.e. $D(Σ)$ which was defined by Hameed, Shijin, Soorya, Germina and Zaslavsky [8]. Note that $A(Σ)=D(Σ)$ when $Σ\in (K_n,T^-)$. In this paper, we give upper bounds on the least distance eigenvalue of a signed graph $Σ$ with diameter at least 2. This result implies a result proved by Lin [11] was originally conjectured by Aouchiche and Hansen [1].

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arXiv2021

Graphs with three distinct distance eigenvalues

In this paper, some special distance spectral properties of graphs are considered. Concretely, we recursively construct an infinite family of trees with distance eigenvalue $-1$, and determine all $\{C_3,C_4\}$-free connected graphs with three distinct distance eigenvalues of which the smallest one is equal to $-3$, which partially answers a problem posed by Koolen, Hayat and Iqbal [Linear Algebra Appl. 505 (2016) 97--108]. Furthermore, we characterize all trees with three distinct distance eigenvalues.

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arXiv2021

Spectral radius and $[a,b]$-factors in graphs

An $[a,b]$-factor of a graph $G$ is a spanning subgraph $H$ such that $a\leq d_{H}(v)\leq b$ for each $v\in V(G)$. In this paper, we provide spectral conditions for the existence of an odd $[1,b]$-factor in a connected graph with minimum degree $δ$ and the existence of an $[a,b]$-factor in a graph, respectively. Our results generalize and improve some previous results on perfect matchings of graphs. For $a=1$, we extend the result of O\cite{S.O} to obtain an odd $[1,b]$-factor and further improve the result of Liu, Liu and Feng\cite{W.L} for $a=b=1$. For $n\geq 3a+b-1$, we confirm the conjecture of Cho, Hyun, O and Park\cite{E.C}. We conclude some open problems in the end.

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arXiv2021

A strengthening of the spectral chromatic critical edge theorem: books and theta graphs

The chromatic critical edge theorem of Simonovits states that for a given color critical graph $H$ with $χ(H)=k+1$, there exists an $n_0(H)$ such that the Turán graph $T_{n,k}$ is the only extremal graph with respect to $ex(n,H)$ provided $n \geq n_0(H)$. Nikiforov's pioneer work on spectral graph theory implies that the color critical edge theorem also holds if $ex(n,H)$ is replaced by the maximum spectral radius and $n_0(H)$ is an exponential function of $|H|$. We want to know which color critical graphs $H$ satisfy that $n_0(H)$ is a linear function of $|H|$. Previous graphs include complete graphs and odd cycles. In this paper, we find two new classes of graphs: books and theta graphs. Namely, we prove that every graph on $n$ vertices with $ρ(G)>ρ(T_{n,2})$ contains a book of size greater than $\frac{n}{6.5}$. This can be seen as a spectral version of a 1962 conjecture by Erdős, which states that every graph on $n$ vertices with $e(G)>e(T_{n,2})$ contains a book of size greater than $\frac{n}{6}$. In addition, our result on theta graphs implies that if $G$ is a graph of order $n$ with $ρ(G)>ρ(T_{n,2})$, then $G$ contains a cycle of length $t$ for every $t\leq \frac{n}{7}$. This is related to an open question by Nikiforov which asks to determine the maximum $c$ such that every graph $G$ of large enough order $n$ with $ρ(G)>ρ(T_{n,2})$ contains a cycle of length $t$ for every $t\leq cn$.

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arXiv2021

Spectral radius, edge-disjoint cycles and cycles of the same length

In this paper, we give spectral conditions to guarantee the existence of two edge disjoint cycles and two cycles of the same length. These two results can be seen as spectral analogues of Erdős and Posa's size condition and Erdős' classic problem on non existence of two cycles of the same length. By using double leading eigenvectors skill, we further give spectral condition to guarantee the existence of $k$ edge disjoint triangles.

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arXiv2021

Spectral extrema of $K_{s,t}$-minor free graphs--On a conjecture of M. Tait

Minors play an important role in extremal graph theory and spectral extremal graph theory. Tait [The Colin de Verdière parameter, excluded minors, and the spectral radius, J. Combin. Theory Ser. A 166 (2019) 42--58] determined the maximum spectral radius and characterized the unique extremal graph for $K_r$-minor free graphs of sufficiently large order $n$, he also made great progress on $K_{s,t}$-minor free graphs and posed a conjecture: Let $2\leq s\leq t$ and $n-s+1=pt+q$, where $n$ is sufficiently large and $1\leq q\leq t.$ Then $K_{s-1}\nabla (pK_t\cup K_q)$ is the unique extremal graph with the maximum spectral radius over all $n$-vertex $K_{s,t}$-minor free graphs. In this paper, Tait's conjecture is completely solved. We also determine the maximum spectral radius and its extremal graphs for $n$-vertex $K_{1,t}$-minor free graphs. To prove our results, some spectral and structural tools, such as, local edge maximality, local degree sequence majorization, double eigenvectors transformation, are used to deduce structural properties of extremal graphs.

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