On the sum of the generalized distance eigenvalues of graphs

Abstract

In this paper, we study the generalized distance matrix [Formula: see text] assigned to simple connected graph [Formula: see text], which is the convex combinations of Tr[Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] and defined as [Formula: see text] where [Formula: see text] and Tr[Formula: see text] denote the distance matrix and diagonal matrix of the vertex transmissions of a simple connected graph [Formula: see text], respectively. Denote with [Formula: see text], the generalized distance eigenvalues of [Formula: see text]. For [Formula: see text], let [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] be, respectively, the sum of [Formula: see text]-largest generalized distance eigenvalues and the sum of [Formula: see text]-smallest generalized distance eigenvalues of [Formula: see text]. We obtain bounds for [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] in terms of the order [Formula: see text], the Wiener index [Formula: see text] and parameter [Formula: see text]. For a graph [Formula: see text] of diameter 2, we establish a relationship between the [Formula: see text] and the sum of [Formula: see text]-largest generalized adjacency eigenvalues of the complement [Formula: see text]. We characterize the connected bipartite graph and the connected graphs with given independence number that attains the minimum value for [Formula: see text]. We also obtain some bounds for the graph invariants [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text].