• Title of article

    The smallest Merrifield–Simmons index of -graphs

  • Author/Authors

    Deng، نويسنده , , Hanyuan، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    320
  • To page
    326
  • Abstract
    The Merrifield–Simmons index of a graph is defined as the total number of its independent sets. In this paper, we show that the smallest Merrifield–Simmons index of ( n , n + 1 ) -graphs is f ( n ) + 2 f ( n − 2 ) + f ( n − 4 ) , where f ( n ) is the n th Fibonacci number, and characterize the extremal graphs.
  • Keywords
    ( n , Merrifield–Simmons index , Independent set , Fibonacci number , n + 1 ) -graph
  • Journal title
    Mathematical and Computer Modelling
  • Serial Year
    2009
  • Journal title
    Mathematical and Computer Modelling
  • Record number

    1595965