The Schultz Index for Product Graphs

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Facultad de Matemáticas‎, ‎Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero‎, ‎Av‎. ‎Lázaro Cárdenas s/n‎, ‎Col‎. ‎La Haciendita‎. ‎Chilpancingo‎, ‎Guerrero, ‎México

Abstract

Among the binary operations made with graphs‎, ‎the cartesian‎, ‎corona‎, ‎and lexicographic are three well-known products‎, ‎as well as the cartesian sum‎. ‎Topological indices are graph invariants used to describe graphs associated with molecules‎, ‎one of these is the Schultz index‎, ‎which can be obtained as‎ ‎ ‎∑ u≠v (deg u+ deg v) d(u,v), ‎where the sum runs over all pairs of distinct vertices of the graph‎. ‎In this paper‎, ‎we give explicit expressions for the Schultz index of cartesian and corona‎, ‎with alternative proofs to those given in the literature‎, ‎as well as for lexicographic product and the cartesian sum‎, ‎all of these formulas involve order and size of factors‎, ‎additionally‎, ‎the first three involve both Wiener and Schultz indices of factors‎, ‎corona and lexicographic also involve Zagreb index and the last one just Zagreb.‎ ‎

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