TEMO theorem for Sombor index

Abstract

TEMO = topological effect on molecular orbitals was discovered by Polansky and Zander in 1982, in connection with the eigenvalues of molecular graphs. Eventually, analogous regularities were established for a variety of other topological indices. We now show that a TEMO-type regularity also holds for the Sombor index (\(SO\)): For the graphs \(S\) and \(T\), constructed by connecting a pair of vertex-disjoint graphs by two edges, \(SO(S) < SO(T)\) holds. Analogous relations are verified for several other degree-based graph invariants.