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Bipartite graphs with the maximum sum of squares of degrees

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In this paper we determine all the bipartite graphs with the maximum sum of squares of degrees among the ones with a given number of vertices and edges.

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Correspondence to Sheng-gui Zhang.

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11271300).

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Zhang, Sg., Zhou, Cc. Bipartite graphs with the maximum sum of squares of degrees. Acta Math. Appl. Sin. Engl. Ser. 30, 801–806 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10255-014-0421-9

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