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The Laplacian spectral radii of unicyclic and bicyclic graphs with n vertices and k pendant vertices

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In this paper, we determine graphs with the largest Laplacian spectral radius among the unicyclic and the bicyclic graphs on n vertices with k pendant vertices, respectively.

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Guo, J. The Laplacian spectral radii of unicyclic and bicyclic graphs with n vertices and k pendant vertices. Sci. China Math. 53, 2135–2142 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11425-010-3132-6

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