Note on von Neumann and Renyi entropies of a Graph


Abstract in English

We conjecture that all connected graphs of order $n$ have von Neumann entropy at least as great as the star $K_{1,n-1}$ and prove this for almost all graphs of order $n$. We show that connected graphs of order $n$ have Renyi 2-entropy at least as great as $K_{1,n-1}$ and for $alpha>1$, $K_n$ maximizes Renyi $alpha$-entropy over graphs of order $n$. We show that adding an edge to a graph can lower its von Neumann entropy.

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