{"title":"New families of trees determined by their spectra","authors":"Zhibin Du , Carlos M. da Fonseca","doi":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.05.007","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In a groundbreaking work, Rowlinson in 2010 established some bounds for the multiplicities of an eigenvalue of a tree. These limits were obtained using the star complement technique and have been the subject of increasing interest in recent years. In this paper, we refine them and as a consequence we obtain new families of trees determined by their spectra. For this purpose, we develop a new method based on the eigenvalue multiplicities. As special cases, we can recover the spectral characterization recently obtained for the <em>p</em>-sun and the double <span><math><mo>(</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>-sun.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18043,"journal":{"name":"Linear Algebra and its Applications","volume":"722 ","pages":"Pages 101-113"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Linear Algebra and its Applications","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024379525002058","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In a groundbreaking work, Rowlinson in 2010 established some bounds for the multiplicities of an eigenvalue of a tree. These limits were obtained using the star complement technique and have been the subject of increasing interest in recent years. In this paper, we refine them and as a consequence we obtain new families of trees determined by their spectra. For this purpose, we develop a new method based on the eigenvalue multiplicities. As special cases, we can recover the spectral characterization recently obtained for the p-sun and the double -sun.
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Linear Algebra and its Applications publishes articles that contribute new information or new insights to matrix theory and finite dimensional linear algebra in their algebraic, arithmetic, combinatorial, geometric, or numerical aspects. It also publishes articles that give significant applications of matrix theory or linear algebra to other branches of mathematics and to other sciences. Articles that provide new information or perspectives on the historical development of matrix theory and linear algebra are also welcome. Expository articles which can serve as an introduction to a subject for workers in related areas and which bring one to the frontiers of research are encouraged. Reviews of books are published occasionally as are conference reports that provide an historical record of major meetings on matrix theory and linear algebra.