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Geodesic distance, sometimes called shortest path length, has proven useful in a great variety of applications, such as information retrieval on networks including treelike networked models. Here, our goal is to analytically determine the exact solutions to geodesic distances on two different families of growth trees which are recursively created upon an arbitrary tree $mathcal{T}$ using two types of well-known operations, first-order subdivision and ($1,m$)-star-fractal operation. Different from commonly-used methods, for instance, spectral techniques, for addressing such a problem on growth trees using a single edge as seed in the literature, we propose a novel method for deriving closed-form solutions on the presented trees completely. Meanwhile, our technique is more general and convenient to implement compared to those previous methods mainly because there are not complicated calculations needed. In addition, the closed-form expression of mean first-passage time ($MFPT$) for random walk on each member in tree families is also readily obtained according to connection of our obtained results to effective resistance of corresponding electric networks. The results suggest that the two topological operations above are sharply different from each other due to $MFPT$ for random walks, and, however, have likely to show the similar performance, at least, on geodesic distance.
The emph{distance matrix} of a simple connected graph $G$ is $D(G)=(d_{ij})$, where $d_{ij}$ is the distance between the vertices $i$ and $j$ in $G$. We consider a weighted tree $T$ on $n$ vertices with edge weights are square matrix of same size. The distance $d_{ij}$ between the vertices $i$ and $j$ is the sum of the weight matrices of the edges in the unique path from $i$ to $j$. In this article we establish a characterization for the trees in terms of rank of (matrix) weighted Laplacian matrix associated with it. Then we establish a necessary and sufficient condition for the distance matrix $D$, with matrix weights, to be invertible and the formula for the inverse of $D$, if it exists. Also we study some of the properties of the distance matrices of matrix weighted trees in connection with the Laplacian matrices, g-inverses and eigenvalues.
The distance energy of a simple connected graph $G$ is defined as the sum of absolute values of its distance eigenvalues. In this paper, we mainly give a positive answer to a conjecture of distance energy of clique trees proposed by Lin, Liu and Lu [H.~Q.~ Lin, R.~F.~Liu, X.~W.~Lu, The inertia and energy of the distance matrix of a connected graph, {it Linear Algebra Appl.,} 467 (2015), 29-39.]
The subdivision graph $mathcal{S}(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the graph obtained by inserting a new vertex into every edge of $G$. Let $G_1$ and $G_2$ be two vertex disjoint graphs. The emph{subdivision-vertex corona} of $G_1$ and $G_2$, denoted by $G_1odot G_2$, is the graph obtained from $mathcal{S}(G_1)$ and $|V(G_1)|$ copies of $G_2$, all vertex-disjoint, by joining the $i$th vertex of $V(G_1)$ to every vertex in the $i$th copy of $G_2$. The emph{subdivision-edge corona} of $G_1$ and $G_2$, denoted by $G_1circleddash G_2$, is the graph obtained from $mathcal{S}(G_1)$ and $|I(G_1)|$ copies of $G_2$, all vertex-disjoint, by joining the $i$th vertex of $I(G_1)$ to every vertex in the $i$th copy of $G_2$, where $I(G_1)$ is the set of inserted vertices of $mathcal{S}(G_1)$. In this paper we determine the adjacency spectra, the Laplacian spectra and the signless Laplacian spectra of $G_1odot G_2$ (respectively, $G_1circleddash G_2$) in terms of the corresponding spectra of $G_1$ and $G_2$. As applications, the results on the spectra of $G_1odot G_2$ (respectively, $G_1circleddash G_2$) enable us to construct infinitely many pairs of cospectral graphs. The adjacency spectra of $G_1odot G_2$ (respectively, $G_1circleddash G_2$) help us to construct many infinite families of integral graphs. By using the Laplacian spectra, we also obtain the number of spanning trees and Kirchhoff index of $G_1odot G_2$ and $G_1circleddash G_2$, respectively.
Two subclasses of Motzkin paths, S-Motzkin and T-Motzkin paths, are introduced. We provide bijections between S-Motzkin paths and ternary trees, S-Motzkin paths and non-crossing trees, and T-Motzkin paths and ordered pairs of ternary trees. Symbolic equations for both paths, and thus generating functions for the paths, are provided. Using these, various parameters involving the two paths are analyzed.
The subdivision graph $mathcal{S}(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the graph obtained by inserting a new vertex into every edge of $G$. Let $G_1$ and $G_2$ be two vertex disjoint graphs. The emph{subdivision-vertex join} of $G_1$ and $G_2$, denoted by $G_1dot{vee}G_2$, is the graph obtained from $mathcal{S}(G_1)$ and $G_2$ by joining every vertex of $V(G_1)$ with every vertex of $V(G_2)$. The emph{subdivision-edge join} of $G_1$ and $G_2$, denoted by $G_1underline{vee}G_2$, is the graph obtained from $mathcal{S}(G_1)$ and $G_2$ by joining every vertex of $I(G_1)$ with every vertex of $V(G_2)$, where $I(G_1)$ is the set of inserted vertices of $mathcal{S}(G_1)$. In this paper we determine the adjacency spectra, the Laplacian spectra and the signless Laplacian spectra of $G_1dot{vee}G_2$ (respectively, $G_1underline{vee}G_2$) for a regular graph $G_1$ and an arbitrary graph $G_2$, in terms of the corresponding spectra of $G_1$ and $G_2$. As applications, these results enable us to construct infinitely many pairs of cospectral graphs. We also give the number of the spanning trees and the Kirchhoff index of $G_1dot{vee}G_2$ (respectively, $G_1underline{vee}G_2$) for a regular graph $G_1$ and an arbitrary graph $G_2$.