On the Characteristic Polynomial and Spectrum of the Terminal Distance Matrix of Kragujevac Trees

Document Type : Research Paper

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Department of Science, Arak University of Technology, Arak, Iran

Abstract

In this paper‎, ‎the characteristic polynomial and the spectrum of the terminal distance matrix for some Kragujevac trees is computed. ‎As Application‎, ‎we obtain an upper bound and a lower bound for the spectral radius of the terminal distance matrix of the Kragujevac trees‎.

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