Hosoya index of bridge and splice graphs

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr 75169, Iran

Abstract

The Hosoya index of a graph is defined as the total number of the matchings (including the empty edge set) of the graph. In this paper, explicit formulas are given for the Hosoya index of bridge and splice graphs.

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Hosoya index of bridge and splice graphs

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Volume 2, 1-2
June 2012
Pages 9-13
  • Receive Date: 10 January 2012
  • Revise Date: 20 March 2012
  • Accept Date: 05 May 2012
  • Publish Date: 01 June 2012