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On the extremal energy of bicyclic digraphs

2007, Journal of Mathematical Inequalities

Abstract

The eigenvalues of a graph are the eigenvalues of its adjacency matrix. The energy of a graph is the sum of absolute values of its eigenvalues. Recently, the concept of energy of graphs is extended to digraphs. Minimal and maximal energy among n-vertex unicyclic digraphs is known, where n 2. In this paper, we address the problem of finding minimal and maximal energy among n-vertex bicyclic digraphs which contain vertex-disjoint directed cycles, where n 4 .