The Hosoya Index Order of Three Type of Special Graphs

Hailiang Zhang1, Rongfei Lin2
1Department of Mathematics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, P.R. China
2Department of Mathematics, Taizhou University, Linhai, 317000, P.R. China

Abstract

The Hosoya index of a graph is defined as the summation of the coefficients of the matching polynomial of a graph. In this paper, we give an explicit expression of the Hosoya index for the graphs \( C(n, v_1v_i) \), \( Q(n, v_1v_s) \), and \( D(s, t) \), and also characterize the extremal graphs with respect to the upper and lower bounds of the Hosoya index of these graphs. In particular, we provide the Hosoya index order for the graphs \( C(n, v_1v_i) \) and \( Q(n, v_1v_s) \), respectively.