S. Akbari, H. Kumar, and B. Mohar's negative pp-energy conjecture

Let nn and pp be positive integers with p2p\geq 2, let GG be a connected graph on nn vertices, and let KnK_n denote the complete graph on nn vertices. Akbari–Kumar–Mohar's negative pp-energy conjecture.

Ep(G)Ep(Kn).\mathcal{E}_p^-(G)\geq \mathcal{E}_p^-(K_n).

The source states that the conjecture was known for p4p\geq 4 and that this paper proves it for every integer p3p\geq 3; consequently, the remaining case p=2p=2 is still open.

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Zhengbo Chen, Zhouningxin Wang and Xiao-Dong Zhang, “Positive and negative 3-energies of graphs”, arXiv:2604.15656 (2026).

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