Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4603280 Linear Algebra and its Applications 2008 8 Pages PDF
Abstract

The minimum number of complete bipartite subgraphs needed to partition the edges of a graph G is denoted by b(G). A known lower bound on b(G) states that b(G)⩾ max{p(G),q(G)}, where p(G) and q(G) are the numbers of positive and negative eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix of G, respectively. When equality is attained, G is said to be eigensharp and when b(G)=max{p(G),q(G)}+1, G is called an almost eigensharp graph. In this paper, we investigate the eigensharpness of graphs with at most one cycle and products of some families of graphs. Among the other results, we show that Pm∨Pn, Cm∨Pn for and Qn when n is odd are eigensharp. We obtain some results on almost eigensharp graphs as well.

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