Sharp Bounds of the Hyper-Zagreb Index on Acyclic, Unicylic, and Bicyclic Graphs

The hyper-Zagreb index is an important branch in the Zagreb indices family, which is defined as ∑uv∈E(G)‍(d(u)+d(v))2, where d(v) is the degree of the vertex v in a graph G=(V(G),E(G)). In this paper, the monotonicity of the hyper-Zagreb index under some graph transformations was studied. Using thes...

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Main Authors: Wei Gao, Muhammad Kamran Jamil, Aisha Javed, Mohammad Reza Farahani, Shaohui Wang, Jia-Bao Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6079450
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Summary:The hyper-Zagreb index is an important branch in the Zagreb indices family, which is defined as ∑uv∈E(G)‍(d(u)+d(v))2, where d(v) is the degree of the vertex v in a graph G=(V(G),E(G)). In this paper, the monotonicity of the hyper-Zagreb index under some graph transformations was studied. Using these nice mathematical properties, the extremal graphs among n-vertex trees (acyclic), unicyclic, and bicyclic graphs are determined for hyper-Zagreb index. Furthermore, the sharp upper and lower bounds on the hyper-Zagreb index of these graphs are provided.
ISSN:1026-0226
1607-887X