Laplacian Nordhaus–Gaddum product equality characterization conjecture

Let GG be a graph with nn vertices, let G\overline G be its complement, and let K1K_1 denote the one-vertex complete graph. The join of graphs is denoted by \vee. Laplacian product conjecture.

μ1(G)μ1(G)n(n1),\mu_1(G)\mu_1(\overline G)\leq n(n-1),

and equality holds if and only if GG or G\overline G is isomorphic to K1HK_1\vee H for a disconnected graph HH of order n1n-1. The inequality is proved in the source for bipartite graphs, while the general assertion and its equality characterization are left open.

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F. Ashraf and B. Tayfeh-Rezaie, “Nordhaus–Gaddum type inequalities for Laplacian and signless Laplacian eigenvalues”, arXiv:1402.2995 (2014).

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