Stirling Numbers and Generalized Zagreb Indices

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 1Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb,

2 Department of Mathematics, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshar, Iran

3 Department of Mathematics, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran

Abstract

We show how generalized Zagreb indices $M_1^k(G)$ can be computed by using a simple graph polynomial and Stirling numbers of the second kind. In that way we explain and clarify the meaning of a triangle of numbers used to establish the same result in an earlier reference.

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