A graph is a cactus if any two of its cycles have at most one common vertex. In this paper, we determine the graph with the
largest spectral radius among all connected cactuses with n vertices and edge independence number \(q\).
Citation
Shu-Guang Guo. On the Spectral Radius of Cactuses with \(n\) Vertices and Edge Independence Number \(q\)[J], Ars Combinatoria, Volume 110. 265-274. .