On Omega Index and Average Degree of Graphs

Average degree of a graph is defined to be a graph invariant equal to the arithmetic mean of all vertex degrees and has many applications, especially in determining the irregularity degrees of networks and social sciences. In this study, some properties of average degree have been studied. Effect of vertex deletion on this degree has been determined and a new proof of the handshaking lemma has been given. Using a recently defined graph index called o m e g a index, average degree of trees, unicyclic, bicyclic, and tricyclic graphs have been given, and these have been generalized to k -cyclic graphs. Also, the effect of edge deletion has been calculated. The average degree of some derived graphs and some graph operations have been determined.

On a Conjecture about the Sombor Index of Graphs

Let G be a graph with vertex set V(G) and edge set E(G). A graph invariant for G is a number related to the structure of G which is invariant under the symmetry of G. The Sombor and reduced Sombor indices of G are two new graph invariants defined as SO(G)=∑uv∈E(G)dG(u)2+dG(v)2 and SOred(G)=∑uv∈E(G)dG(u)−12+dG(v)−12, respectively, where dG(v) is the degree of the vertex v in G. We denote by Hn,ν the graph constructed from the star Sn by adding ν edge(s), 0≤ν≤n−2, between a fixed pendent vertex and ν other pendent vertices. Réti et al. [T. Réti, T Došlić and A. Ali, On the Sombor index of graphs, Contrib. Math.3 (2021) 11–18] proposed a conjecture that the graph Hn,ν has the maximum Sombor index among all connected ν-cyclic graphs of order n, where 0≤ν≤n−2. In some earlier works, the validity of this conjecture was proved for ν≤5. In this paper, we confirm that this conjecture is true, when ν=6. The Sombor index in the case that the number of pendent vertices is less than or equal to n−ν−2 is investigated, and the same results are obtained for the reduced Sombor index. Some relationships between Sombor, reduced Sombor, and first Zagreb indices of graphs are also obtained.

Random Cyclic Triangle-Free Graphs of Prime Order

Cyclic triangle-free process (CTFP) is the cyclic analog of the triangle-free process. It begins with an empty graph of order n and generates a cyclic graph of order n by iteratively adding parameters, chosen uniformly at random, subject to the constraint that no triangle is formed in the cyclic graph obtained, until no more parameters can be added. The structure of a cyclic triangle-free graph of the prime order is different from that of composite integer order. Cyclic graphs of prime order have better properties than those of composite number order, which enables generating cyclic triangle-free graphs more efficiently. In this paper, a novel approach to generating cyclic triangle-free graphs of prime order is proposed. Based on the cyclic graphs of prime order, obtained by the CTFP and its variant, many new lower bounds on R 3 , t are computed, including R 3,34 ≥ 230 , R 3,35 ≥ 242 , R 3,36 ≥ 252 , R 3,37 ≥ 264 , R 3,38 ≥ 272 . Our experimental results demonstrate that all those related best known lower bounds, except the bound on R 3,34 , are improved by 5 or more.

Extremal Values of Randić Index among Some Classes of Graphs

Suppose G is a simple graph with edge set E G . The Randić index R G is defined as R G = ∑ u v ∈ E G 1 / deg G u deg G v , where deg G u and deg G v denote the vertex degrees of u and v in G , respectively. In this paper, the first and second maximum of Randić index among all n − vertex c − cyclic graphs was computed. As a consequence, it is proved that the Randić index attains its maximum and second maximum on two classes of chemical graphs. Finally, we will present new lower and upper bounds for the Randić index of connected chemical graphs.

Algebraic Properties of Edge Ideals of Some Vertex-Weighted Oriented Cyclic Graphs

We provide some exact formulas for the projective dimension and regularity of edge ideals associated to some vertex-weighted oriented cyclic graphs with a common vertex or edge. These formulas are functions in the weight of the vertices, and the numbers of edges and cycles. Some examples show that these formulas are related to direction selection and the assumption that [Formula: see text] for any vertex [Formula: see text] cannot be dropped.