Iranian Journal of Mathematical Chemistry

Iranian Journal of Mathematical Chemistry

Study of Fullerenes by their Algebraic Properties

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
M. Ghorbani
S. Heidari Rad
Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University
10.22052/ijmc.2012.5198
Abstract
The eigenvalues of a graph is the root of its characteristic polynomial. A fullerene F is a 3- connected graphs with entirely 12 pentagonal faces and n/2 -10 hexagonal faces, where n is the number of vertices of F. In this paper we investigate the eigenvalues of a class of fullerene graphs.
Keywords
Molecular Graph
Adjacency matrix
Eigenvalue
Fullerene
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