Let \(G\) be a graph. The Randić index of \(G\) is the sum of the weights \((d(u)d(v))^{-\frac{1}{2}}\) of all edges \(uv\) of \(G\), where \(d(u)\) and \(d(v)\) denote the degrees of vertices \(u\) and \(v\) in \(G\). In this paper, we establish a sharp upper bound for the Randić index \(R(G)\) among all unicyclic graphs \(G\) with \(n\) vertices, \(k\) pendant vertices, and \(n \geq 3k\), where \(k \geq 3\).
Citation
Fan LI, Mei Lu. Maximum Randić Index on Unicyclic Graphs with \(k\) Pendant Vertices[J], Ars Combinatoria, Volume 116. 385-394. .