Spectral Bounds For The Connectivity Of Regular Graphs With Given Order

Keywords

Algebraic connectivity; Edge-connectivity; Regular multigraph; Second-largest eigenvalue; Vertex-connectivity

Abstract

The second-largest eigenvalue and second-smallest Laplacian eigenvalue of a graph are measures of its connectivity. These eigenvalues can be used to analyze the robustness, resilience, and synchronizability of networks, and are related to connectivity attributes such as the vertex-and edge-connectivity, isoperimetric number, and characteristic path length. In this paper, two upper bounds are presented for the second-largest eigenvalues of regular graphs and multigraphs of a given order which guarantee a desired vertex-or edge-connectivity. The given bounds are in terms of the order and degree of the graphs, and hold with equality for infinite families of graphs. These results answer a question of Mohar.

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Publication Title

Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra

Volume

34

Number of Pages

428-443

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.13001/1081-3810.3675

Socpus ID

85055340847 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85055340847

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