Faught–Nordhaus–Gaddum spectral-gap sum conjecture

Let GG be a graph on nn vertices, and let G\overline{G} denote its complement. Assume that both GG and G\overline{G} are connected; Gap(G)\operatorname{Gap}(G) denotes the difference between the two largest eigenvalues of the transition probability matrix of the random walk on GG. Faught–Nordhaus–Gaddum sum conjecture.

Gap(G)+Gap(G)2n.\operatorname{Gap}(G)+\operatorname{Gap}(\overline{G}) \ge \frac{2}{\sqrt{n}}.

This is a sum version of the Nordhaus–Gaddum problem for spectral gaps, under the connectivity hypotheses that make both gaps applicable. Its resolution status is not specified in the supplied text.

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Sooyeong Kim and Neal Madras, “A Nordhaus–Gaddum problem for the spectral gap of a graph”, arXiv:2404.15167 (2024).

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