Let $G$ be a graph with vertex set $V(G)$ and edge set $E(G)$. The Sombor and reduced Sombor indices of $G$ are defined as $SO(G)=\sum_{uv\in E(G)}\sqrt{deg_G(u)^2+deg_G(v)^2}$ and $SO_{red}(G)=\sum_{uv\in E(G)}\sqrt{(deg_G(u)-1)^2+(deg_G(v)-1)^2}$, respectively. We denote by $H_{n,ν}$ the graph constructed from the star $S_n$ by adding $ν$ edge(s) $(0\leq ν\leq n-2)$, 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, $\textit{Contrib. Math. }$ $\textbf{3}$ (2021) 11-18] proposed a conjecture that the graph $H_{n,ν}$ has the maximum Sombor index among all connected $ν$-cyclic graphs of order $n$, where $5\leq ν\leq n-2$. In this paper we confirm that the former conjecture is true. It is also shown that this conjecture is valid for the reduced Sombor index. The relationship between Sombor, reduced Sombor and first Zagreb indices of graph is also investigated.
A vertex-degree-based topological index named as Sombor index of a simple graph G with n vertices was recently introduced by I. Gutman. In this paper, we find Sombor index of m-splitting graph and m-shadow graph. Also, we determine relation between energy and Sombor energy of m-splitting graph and m-shadow graph of k-regular graph.
We present the bounds in terms of other important graph parameters for general Sombor index which generalises both the forgotten index and the Sombor index. We also explore the Nordhaus-Gaddum-type result for the general Sombor index. We present further the relations between general Sombor index and other generalised indices: general Randić index and general sum-connectivity index.
The Sombor index is a topological index in graph theory defined by Gutman in 2021. In this article we find the maximum Sombor index of unicyclic graphs with a fixed number of pendant vertices. We also provide the unique graph among the chosen class where the maximum Sombor index is attained.
Recently, a novel topological index, Sombor index, was introduced by Gutman, defined as $SO(G)=\sum\limits_{uv\in E(G)}\sqrt{d_{u}^{2}+d_{v}^{2}}$, where $d_{u}$ denotes the degree of vertex $u$. In this paper, we first determine the maximum Sombor index among cacti with $n$ vertices and $t$ cycles, then determine the maximum Sombor index among cacti with perfect matchings. We also characterize corresponding maximum cacti.
In this work we obtain new lower and upper optimal bounds of general Sombor indices. Specifically, we have inequalities for these indices relating them with other indices: the first Zagreb index, the forgotten index and the first variable Zagreb index. Finally, we solve some extremal problems for general Sombor indices.
For a simple connected graph $G=(V,E)$, let $d(u)$ be the degree of the vertex $u$ of $G$. The general Sombor index of $G$ is defined as $$SO_α(G)=\sum_{uv\in E} \left[d(u)^2+d(v)^2\right]^α$$ where $SO(G)=SO_{0.5}(G)$ is the recently invented Sombor index. In this paper, we show that in the class of connected graphs with a fixed degree sequence (for which the minimum degree being equal to one), there exists a special extremal $BFS$-graph with minimum general Sombor index for $0<α<1$ (resp. maximum general Sombor index for either $α>1$ or $α<0$). Moreover, for any given tree, unicyclic, and bi…
The Sombor index of a graph $G$, introduced by Ivan Gutman, is defined as the sum of the weights $\sqrt{d_G(u)^2+d_G(v)^2}$ of all edges $uv$ of $G$, where $d_G(u)$ denotes the degree of vertex $u$ in $G$. The Sombor coindex is recently defined as $\bar{SO}(G)=\sum \limits_{uv\notin E(G)}\sqrt{d_G(u)^2+d_G(v)^2}$. In this paper, the maximum and second maximum Sombor index, the minimum and second minimum Sombor coindex in two-trees are determined.
Recently in 2021, Gutman introduced the Sombor index of a graph, a novel degree-based topological index. It has been shown that the Sombor index efficiently models the thermodynamic properties of chemical compounds. Assume $\mathbb{B}_n^k$ (resp. $\mathbb{V}_n^k$) comprises all graphs with order $n$ having number of bridges (resp. vertex-connectivity) $k$. Horoldagva & Xu (2021) characterized graphs achieving the maximum Sombor index of graphs in $\mathbb{B}_n^k$. This paper characterizes graphs achieving the minimum Sombor index in $\mathbb{B}_n^k$. Certain auxiliary operation on graphs in $\…
The Sombor index is one of the geometry-based descriptors, which was defined as $$SO(G)=\sum_{uv\in E(G)}\sqrt{d^{2}(u)+d^{2}(v)},$$ where $d(u)$ (resp. $d(v)$) denotes the degree of vertex $u$ (resp. $v$) in $G$. In this note, we determine the maximum and minimum graphs with respect to the Sombor index among the set of graphs with vertex connectivity (resp. edge connectivity) at most $k$, which solves an open problem on the Sombor index proposed by Hayat and Rehman [On Sombor index of graphs with a given number of cut-vertices, MATCH Commun. Math. Comput. Chem. 89 (2023) 437--450]. For some o…
Let $G=(V(G),E(G))$ be a graph and $d(v)$ be the degree of the vertex $v\in V(G)$. The exponential reduced Sombor index of $G$, denoted by $e^{SO_{red}}(G)$, is defined as $$e^{SO_{red}}(G)=\sum_{uv\in E(G)}e^{\sqrt{(d(u)-1)^2+(d(v)-1)^2}}.$$ We obtain a characterization of extremal trees with the maximal exponential reduced Sombor index among all chemical trees of order $n$. This result shows the conjecture on the exponential reduced Sombor index proposed by Liu, You, Tang and Liu [On the reduced Sombor index and its applications, MATCH Commun. Math. Comput. Chem. 86 (2021) 729--753] is negat…
Let $d_v$ be the degree of the vertex $v$ in a connected graph $G$. The first Banhatti-Sombor index of $G$ is defined as $BSO(G) =\sum_{uv\in E(G)}\sqrt{\frac{1}{d^2_u}+\frac{1}{d^2_v}}$, which is a new vertex-degree-based topological index introduced by Kulli. In this paper, the mathematical relations between the first Banhatti-Sombor index and some other well-known vertex-degree-based topological indices are established. In addition, the trees extremal with respect to the first Banhatti-Sombor index on trees and chemical trees are characterized, respectively.
Let $G=(V, E)$ be a simple graph with vertex set $V$ and edge set $E$. The Sombor index of the graph $G$ is a degree-based topological index, defined as $$SO(G)=\sum_{uv \in E}\sqrt{d(u)^2+d(v)^2},$$ in which $d(x)$ is the degree of the vertex $x \in V$ for $x=u, v$. In this paper, we characterize the extremal trees with a given degree sequence that maximizes the Sombor index.
Let $G=(V,E)$ be a finite simple graph. The Sombor index $SO(G)$ of $G$ is defined as $\sum_{uv\in E(G)}\sqrt{d_u^2+d_v^2}$, where $d_u$ is the degree of vertex $u$ in $G$. In this paper, we study this index for certain graphs and we examine the effects on $SO(G)$ when $G$ is modified by operations on vertex and edge of $G$. Also we present bounds for the Sombor index of join and corona product of two graphs.
A new geometric background of graph invariants was introduced by Gutman, of which the simplest is the second Sombor index $SO_2$, defined as $SO_2=SO_2(G)=\sum_{uv\in E}\frac{|d^2_G(u)-d^2_G(v)|}{d^2_G(u)+d^2_G(v)}$, where $G = (V, E)$ is a simple graph and $d_G(v)$ denotes the degree of $v$ in $G$. In this paper, the chemical applicability of the second Sombor index is investigated and it is shown that the the second Sombor index is useful in predicting physicochemical properties with high accuracy compared to some well-established and often used indices. Also, we obtain a bound for the secon…
The Sombor index of a graph $G$ was recently introduced by Gutman from the geometric point of view, defined as $SO(G)=\sum_{uv\in E(G)}\sqrt{d(u)^2+d(v)^2}$, where $d(u)$ is the degree of a vertex $u$. For two real numbers $α$ and $β$, the $α$-Sombor index and general Sombor index of $G$ are two generalized forms of the Sombor index defined as $SO_α(G)=\sum_{uv\in E(G)}(d(u)^α+d(v)^α)^{1/α}$ and $SO_α(G;β)=\sum_{uv\in E(G)}(d(u)^α+d(v)^α)^β$, respectively. A $k$-polygonal cactus is a connected graph in which every block is a cycle of length $k$. In this paper, we establish a lower bound on $α$…
In 2021, the Sombor index was introduced by Gutman, which is a new degree-based topological molecular descriptors. The Sombor index of a graph $G$ is defined as $SO(G) =\sum_{uv\in E(G)}\sqrt{d^2_G(u)+d^2_G(v)}$, where $d_G(v)$ is the degree of the vertex $v$ in $G$. Let $\mathscr{T}_{n,m}$ and $\mathscr{U}_{n,m}$ be the set of trees and unicyclic graphs on $n$ vertices with fixed matching number $m$, respectively. In this paper, the tree and the unicyclic graph with the maximum Sombor index are determined among $\mathscr{T}_{n,m}$ and $\mathscr{U}_{n,m}$, respectively.
The general Sombor index of $G$ is defined as $SO_α(G)= \sum_{uv\in G}\left(d^2_{G}(u)+d^2_{G}(v)\right)^α$. For $0<α<1$, we have the upper bound of $SO_α(G)$ on unicyclic graphs with a fixed diameter, and the extremal graph is also characterized.
Motivated by the recently introduced topological index, the Somber index, we define a new topological index of a graph in this paper, we call it Sombor coindex. The Sombor coindex is defined by considering analogous contributions from the pairs of non-adjacent vertices, capturing, thus, and quantifying a possible influence of remote pairs of vertices. We give several properties of the Somber coindex and its relations to the Sombor index, the Zagreb (co)indices, forgotten coindex and other important graph parameters. We also compute the bounds of the Somber coindex of some graph operations and …
Sombor index is a novel topological index, which was introduced by Gutman and defined for a graph $G$ as $SO(G)=\sum\limits_{uv\in E(G)}\sqrt{d_{u}^{2}+d_{v}^{2}}$, where $d_{u}=d_{G}(u)$ denotes the degree of vertex $u$ in graph $G$. Extremal problems on the Sombor index for trees with a given diameter has been considered by Chen et al. [H. Chen, W. Li, J. Wang, Extremal values on the Sombor index of trees, MATCH Commun. Math. Comput. Chem. 87 (2022) 23--49] and Li et al. [S. Li, Z. Wang, M. Zhang, On the extremal Sombor index of trees with a given diameter, Appl. Math. Comput. 416 (2022) 126…
Let $d_G(v)$ be the degree of the vertex $v$ in a graph $G$. The Sombor index of $G$ is defined as $SO(G) =\sum_{uv\in E(G)}\sqrt{d^2_G(u)+d^2_G(v)}$, which is a new degree-based topological index introduced by Gutman. Let $\mathscr{T}_{n,Δ}$ and $\mathscr{U}_{n,Δ}$ be the set of trees and unicyclic graphs with $n$ vertices and maximum degree $Δ$, respectively. In this paper, the tree and the unicyclic graph with minimum Sombor index among $\mathscr{T}_{n,Δ}$ and $\mathscr{U}_{n,Δ}$ are characterized.
Topological indices are a class of numerical invariants that predict certain physical and chemical properties of molecules. Recently, two novel topological indices, named as Sombor index and reduced Sombor index, were introduced by Gutman, defined as $$SO(G)=\sum_{uv\in E(G)}\sqrt{d_{G}^{2}(u)+d_{G}^{2}(v)},$$ $$SO_{red}(G)=\sum_{uv\in E(G)}\sqrt{(d_{G}(u)-1)^{2}+(d_{G}(v)-1)^{2}},$$ where $d_{G}(u)$ denotes the degree of vertex $u$ in $G$. In this paper, our aim is to order the chemical trees, chemical unicyclic graphs, chemical bicyclic graphs and chemical tricyclic graphs with respect to So…
We introduce a degree-based variable topological index inspired on the power (or generalized) mean. We name this new index as the mean Sombor index: $mSO_α(G) = \sum_{uv \in E(G)} \left[\left( d_u^α+d_v^α\right) /2 \right]^{1/α}$. Here, $uv$ denotes the edge of the graph $G$ connecting the vertices $u$ and $v$, $d_u$ is the degree of the vertex $u$, and $α\in \mathbb{R} \backslash \{0\}$. We also consider the limit cases $mSO_{α\to 0}(G)$ and $mSO_{α\to\pm\infty}(G)$. Indeed, for given values of $α$, the mean Sombor index is related to well-known topological indices such as the inverse sum ind…
Let $G$ be a simple undirected graph with vertex set $V(G)=\{v_1, v_2, \ldots, v_n\}$ and edge set $E(G)$. The Sombor matrix $\mathcal{S}(G)$ of a graph $G$ is defined so that its $(i,j)$-entry is equal to $\sqrt{d_i^2+d_j^2}$ if the vertices $v_i$ and $v_j$ are adjacent, and zero otherwise, where $d_i$ denotes the degree of vertex $v_i$ in $G$. In this paper, lower and upper bounds on the spectral radius, energy and Estrada index of the Sombor matrix of graphs are obtained, and the respective extremal graphs are characterized.
Let $G=(V,E)$ be a finite simple graph. The Sombor index $SO(G)$ of $G$ is defined as $\sum_{uv\in E(G)}\sqrt{d_u^2+d_v^2}$, where $d_u$ is the degree of vertex $u$ in $G$. Let $G$ be a connected graph constructed from pairwise disjoint connected graphs $G_1,\ldots ,G_k$ by selecting a vertex of $G_1$, a vertex of $G_2$, and identifying these two vertices. Then continue in this manner inductively. We say that $G$ is a polymer graph, obtained by point-attaching from monomer units $G_1,...,G_k$. In this paper, we consider some particular cases of these graphs that are of importance in chemistry …
Introduced by Gutman in 2021, the Sombor index is a novel graph-theoretic topological descriptor possessing potential applications in the modeling of thermodynamic properties of compounds. Let G^k_n be the set of all n-vertex connected graphs with k cut-vertices. In this paper, we present minimum Sombor indices of graphs in G^k_n. The corresponding extremal graphs have been characterized as well.
The Sombor index (SO) is a vertex-degree-based graph invariant, defined as the sum over all pairs of adjacent vertices of $\sqrt{d_i^2+d_j^2}$, where $d_i$ is the degree of the $i$-th vertex. It has been conceived using geometric considerations. Recently, a series of new SO-like degree-based graph invariants (denoted by $SO_1, SO_2,..., SO_6$) is taken into consideration, when the geometric background of several classical topological indices (Zagreb, Albertson) has considered. In this paper, we compute and study these new indices for some graphs, cactus chains and polymers.
Let $G=(V(G),E(G))$ be a simple graph with vertex set $V(G)=\{v_{1},v_{2},\cdots, v_{n}\}$ and edge set $E(G)$. The $p$-Sombor matrix $\mathcal{S}_{p}(G)$ of $G$ is the square matrix of order $n$ whose $(i,j)$-entry is equal to $((d_{i})^{p}+(d_{j})^{p})^{\frac{1}{p}}$ if $v_{i}\sim v_{j}$, and 0 otherwise, where $d_{i}$ denotes the degree of vertex $v_{i}$ in $G$. In this paper, we study the relationship between $p$-Sombor index $SO_{p}(G)$ and $p$-Sombor matrix $\mathcal{S}_{p}(G)$ by the $k$-th spectral moment $N_{k}$ and the spectral radius of $\mathcal{S}_{p}(G)$. Then we obtain some boun…
Vertex-degree-based topological indices have recently gained a lot of attention from mathematical chemists. One such index that we focus on in this paper is called Sombor index. After its definition in late 2020, the Sombor index was quickly recognized as a valuable research topic. In this paper we partially answer the open question of finding the extremal trees with respect to this index for a fixed degree sequence. Particularly we focus on the lower bound and proceed to show that greedy tree minimizes the Sombor index for a given degree sequence.
Let $G$ be a simple graph with vertex set $V(G) = \{v_1, v_2,\ldots, v_n\}$. The Sombor matrix of $G$, denoted by $A_{SO}(G)$, is defined as the $n\times n$ matrix whose $(i,j)$-entry is $\sqrt{d_i^2+d_j^2}$ if $v_i$ and $v_j$ are adjacent and $0$ for another cases. Let the eigenvalues of the Sombor matrix $A_{SO}(G)$ be $ρ_1\geq ρ_2\geq \ldots\geq ρ_n$ which are the roots of the Sombor characteristic polynomial $\prod_{i=1}^n (ρ-ρ_i)$. The Sombor energy $En_{SO}$ of $G$ is the sum of absolute values of the eigenvalues of $A_{SO}(G)$. In this paper we compute the Sombor characteristic polynomi…
For a graph $G=(V,E)$ and $v_{i}\in V$, denote by $d_{i}$ the degree of vertex $v_{i}$. Let $f(x, y)>0$ be a real symmetric function in $x$ and $y$. The weighted adjacency matrix $A_{f}(G)$ of a graph $G$ is a square matrix, where the $(i,j)$-entry is equal to $\displaystyle f(d_{i}, d_{j})$ if the vertices $v_{i}$ and $v_{j}$ are adjacent and 0 otherwise. Li and Wang \cite{U9} tried to unify methods to study spectral radius of weighted adjacency matrices of graphs weighted by various topological indices. If $\displaystyle f'_{x}(x, y)\geq0$ and $\displaystyle f''_{x}(x, y)\geq0$, then $\displ…
The Wiener index of a graph, which is the sum of the distances between all pairs of vertices, has been well studied. Recently, Sills and Wang in 2012 proposed two conjectures on the maximal Wiener index of trees with a given degree sequence. This note proves one of the two conjectures and disproves the other.
The Wiener index of a connected graph is the sum of distances between all unordered pairs of vertices. Sam Spiro [The Wiener index of signed graphs, Appl. Math. Comput., 416(2022)126755] recently introduced the Wiener index for a signed graph and conjectured that the path $P_n$ with alternating signs has the minimum Wiener index among all signed trees with $n$ vertices. By constructing an infinite family of counterexamples, we prove that the conjecture is false whenever $n$ is at least 30.
We resolve two conjectures of Hriňáková, Knor and Škrekovski (2019) concerning the relationship between the variable Wiener index and variable Szeged index for a connected, non-complete graph, one of which would imply the other. The strong conjecture is that for any such graph there is a critical exponent in $(0,1]$, below which the variable Wiener index is larger and above which the variable Szeged index is larger. The weak conjecture is that the variable Szeged index is always larger for any exponent exceeding $1$. They proved the weak conjecture for bipartite graphs, and the strong conjectu…
We prove that the Wiener Index $W(G)$ of a Maximal Planar graph $G$ with $n$ vertices satisfies $W(G) \leq \Big{\lfloor} \frac{1}{18}(n^3 + 3n^2) \Big{\rfloor}$ for $3 \leq n \leq 18$.
The Wiener index of a connected graph is the sum of the distances between all unordered pairs of vertices. A connected graph is Eulerian if its vertex degrees are all even. In [Gutman, Cruz, Rada, Wiener index of Eulerian Graphs, Discrete Applied Mathematics 132 (2014), 247-250] the authors proved that the cycle is the unique graph maximising the Wiener index among all Eulerian graphs of given order. They also conjectured that for Eulerian graphs of order $n \geq 26$ the graph consisting of a cycle on $n-2$ vertices and a triangle that share a vertex is the unique Eulerian graph with second la…
In this paper we disprove three conjectures from [M. Dehmer, F. Emmert-Streib, Y. Shi, Interrelations of graph distance measures based on topological indices, PLoS ONE 9 (2014) e94985] on graph distance measures based on topological indices by providing explicit classes of trees that do not satisfy proposed inequalities. The constructions are based on the families of trees that have the same Wiener index, graph energy or Randic index - but different degree sequences.
For a connected graph $G$, the Wiener index, denoted by $W(G)$, is the sum of the distance of all pairs of distinct vertices and the eccentricity, denoted by $\varepsilon(G)$, is the sum of the eccentricity of individual vertices. In \cite{Kc}, the authors posed a conjecture which states that given a graph $G$ with at least three vertices, the difference between $W(G)$ and $\varepsilon(G)$ decreases when an edge is contracted and proved that the conjecture is true when $e$ is a bridge. In this manuscript, we confirm that the conjecture is true for any connected graph $G$ with at least three ve…
