Common minimal-tree conjecture for totally real algebraic integers

Let kNk\in\mathbb{N} and let λ1,,λkTRAI{0}\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_k\in\mathtt{TRAI}\setminus\{0\}. For each λi\lambda_i, let Tmin,λi\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{min},\lambda_i} denote the set of trees having a nowhere-zero λi\lambda_i-eigenvector. Common minimal-tree conjecture.

Tmin,λ1Tmin,λ2,i=1kTmin,λi.\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{min},\lambda_1}\nsubseteq\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{min},\lambda_2},\qquad \bigcap_{i=1}^{k}\mathcal{T}_{\mathrm{min},\lambda_i}\neq\emptyset.

The conjecture asserts both that the first two minimal-tree families are not nested and that one tree can be minimal for all the specified nonzero eigenvalues. The supplied text gives no resolution status.

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Asghar Bahmani and Dariush Kiani, “Structure of Trees with Respect to Nodal Vertex Sets”, arXiv:1907.12062 (2020).

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