Complementary eigenvalues of graphs
R. Fernandes, J. Júdice, V. Trevisan
Abstract
In
this paper, we study the Eigenvalue Complementarity Problem (EiCP) when
its matrix A belongs to the class S(G) = {A = [aij ] : aij = aji
<> 0 iff ij in E}, where G = (V;E) is a connected graph. It is
shown that if all non diagonal elements of A in S(G) are non positive,
then A has a unique complementary eigenvalue, which is the smallest
eigenvalue of A. In particular, zero is the unique complementary
eigenvalue of the Laplacian and the normalized Laplacian matrices of a
connected graph. The number c(G) of complementary eigenvalues of the
adjacency matrix of a connected graph G is shown to be bounded above by
the number b(G) of induced non isomorphic connected subgraphs of G.
Furthermore, c(G) = b(G) if the Perron roots of the adjacency matrices
of these subgraphs are all distinct. Finally, the maximum number of
complementary eigenvalues for the adjacency matrices of graphs is shown
to grow exponentially with the number of nodes.