Modified eccentric connectivity index of fullerenes

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, 16785 – 136, I R. Iran

Abstract

The eccentric connectivity index of a graph is defined as E(Γ)=∑uεV(Γ)degΓ(u)e(u), where degΓ(u) denotes the degree of the vertex u in Γ and e(u) is the eccentricity of vertex u. In this paper, the modified eccentric connectivity index of two infinite classes of fullerenes is computed.

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Modified eccentric connectivity index of fullerenes

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Volume 5, 1-2
July 2015
Pages 1-10
  • Receive Date: 25 December 2014
  • Revise Date: 08 February 2015
  • Accept Date: 01 July 2015
  • Publish Date: 01 July 2015