Comparing Wiener, Szeged and revised Szeged index on cactus graphs

Stefan Hammer

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Abstract

We show that on cactus graphs the Szeged index is bounded above by twice the Wiener index. For the revised Szeged index the situation is reversed if the graph class is further restricted. Namely, if all blocks of a cactus graph are cycles, then its revised Szeged index is bounded below by twice its Wiener index. Additionally, we show that these bounds are sharp and examine the cases of equality. Along the way, we provide a formulation of the revised Szeged index as a sum over vertices, which proves very helpful, and may be interesting in other contexts.
Original languageEnglish
Article number05C09
Number of pages12
JournalArs Mathematica Contemporanea
Volume23
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Jan 2023

Keywords

  • (Revised) Szeged index
  • cactus graphs
  • Wiener index

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
  • Geometry and Topology
  • Algebra and Number Theory

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