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Mingqing Zhai

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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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arXiv2021

Spectral extrema of graphs with fixed size: cycles and complete bipartite graphs

Nikiforov [Some inequalities for the largest eigenvalue of a graph, Combin. Probab. Comput. 179--189] showed that if $G$ is $K_{r+1}$-free then the spectral radius $ρ(G)\leq\sqrt{2m(1-1/r)}$, which implies that $G$ contains $C_3$ if $ρ(G)>\sqrt{m}$. In this paper, we follow this direction on determining which subgraphs will be contained in $G$ if $ρ(G)> f(m)$, where $f(m)\sim\sqrt{m}$ as $m\rightarrow \infty$. We first show that if $ρ(G)\geq \sqrt{m}$, then $G$ contains $K_{2,r+1}$ unless $G$ is a star; and $G$ contains either $C_3^+$ or $C_4^+$ unless $G$ is a complete bipartite graph, where $C_t^+$ denotes the graph obtained from $C_t$ and $C_3$ by identifying an edge. Secondly, we prove that if $ρ(G)\geq{\frac12+\sqrt{m-\frac34}}$, then $G$ contains pentagon and hexagon unless $G$ is a book; and if $ρ(G)>{\frac12(k-\frac12)+\sqrt{m+\frac14(k-\frac12)^2}}$, then $G$ contains $C_t$ for every $t\leq 2k+2$. In the end, some related conjectures are provided for further research.

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arXiv2020

Planar Turán Number of intersecting triangles

The planar Turán number of a given graph $H$, denoted by $ex_{\mathcal{P}}(n,H)$, is the maximum number of edges over all planar graphs on $n$ vertices that do not contain a copy of $H$ as a subgraph. Let $H_k$ be a friendship graph, which is obtained from $k$ triangles by sharing a common vertex. In this paper, we obtain sharp bounds of $ex_{\mathcal{P}}(n,H_k)$ and $ex_{\mathcal{P}}(n,K_1+P_{k+1})$ for $k\ge2$, which improves the results of Lan and Shi in Electron. J. Combin. 26 (2) (2019), \#P2.11.

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arXiv2020

A spectral extremal problem on graphs with given size and matching number

Brualdi and Hoffman (1985) proposed the problem of determining the maximal spectral radius of graphs with given size. In this paper, we consider the Brualdi-Hoffman type problem of graphs with given matching number. The maximal $Q$-spectral radius of graphs with given size and matching number is obtained, and the corresponding extremal graphs are also determined.

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arXiv2020

The maximum number of s-cliques in connected graphs and its application to spectral moment

Extremal problems concerning the number of complete subgraphs have a long story in extremal graph theory. Let $k_s(G)$ be the number of $s$-cliques in a graph $G$ and $m={{r_m}\choose s}+t_m$, where $0\le t_m\leq r_m$. Edrős showed that $k_s(G)\le {{r_m}\choose s}+{{t_m}\choose{s-1}}$ over all graphs of size $m$ and order $n\geq r_m+1$. %Clearly, $K_{r_m}^{t_m}\cup (n-r_m-1)K_1$ is an extremal graph, where $K_{r_m}^{t_m}$ is the graph by joining a new vertex to $t_m$ vertices of $K_{r_m}$. It is natural to consider an improvement in connected situation: what is the maximum number of $s$-cliques over all connected graphs of size $m$ and order $n$? In this paper, the sharp upper bound of $k_s(G)$ is obtained and extremal graphs are completely characterized. The technique and the bound are different from those in general case. As an application, this result can be used to solve a question on spectral moment.

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arXiv2019

Further results on the least Q-eigenvalue of a graph with fixed domination number

In this paper, we proceed on determining the minimum $q_{min}$ among the connected nonbipartite graphs on $n\geq 5$ vertices and with domination number $\frac{n+1}{3}<γ\leq \frac{n-1}{2}$. Further results obtained are as follows: $\mathrm{(i)}$ among all nonbipartite connected graph of order $n\geq 5$ and with domination number $\frac{n-1}{2}$, the minimum $q_{min}$ is completely determined; $\mathrm{(ii)}$ among all nonbipartite graphs of order $n\geq 5$, with odd-girth $g_{o}\leq5$ and domination number at least $\frac{n+1}{3}<γ\leq \frac{n-2}{2}$, the minimum $q_{min}$ is completely determined.

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arXiv2013

Distance spectral radius of a tree with given diameter

For a connected graph, the distance spectral radius is the largest eigenvalue of its distance matrix. In this paper, of all trees with both given order and fixed diameter, the trees with the minimal distance spectral radius are completely characterized.

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arXiv2013

Spectral conditions for the existence of specified paths and cycles in graphs

Let $G$ be a graph with $n$ vertices and $λ_n(G)$ be the least eigenvalue of its adjacency matrix of $G$. In this paper, we give sharp bounds on the least eigenvalue of graphs without given pathes or cycles and determine the extremal graphs. This result gives spectral conditions for the existence of specified paths and cycles in graphs.

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