The Randic Index of Trees with given Total Domination Number

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 School of Informatics and Applied Mathematics Universiti Malaysia Terengganu UMT Terengganu

2 UMT Terengganu

3 Tikrit University

Abstract

Randi{'c} index belongs to the most well-known topological indices in chemical graph theory. In this paper, we find upper bound for the Randi{'c} index of trees in terms of the order and the total domination number. The extremal trees are characterized.

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Iranian Journal of Mathematical Chemistry
Volume 12, Issue 4
December 2021
Pages 225-237

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