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A new graph product and its spectrum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

C.D. Godsil  and
B.D. McKay
C.D. Godsil
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA;
B.D. McKay
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria.
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Abstract

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A new graph product is introduced, and the characteristic polynomial of a graph so–formed is given as a function of the characteristic polynomials of the factor graphs. A class of trees produced using this product is shown to be characterized by spectral properties.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , February 1978 , pp. 21 - 28
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1978

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