Elphick–Wocjan positive square-energy strengthening of Wilf's inequality

Let GG be a graph on n1n\ge 1 vertices, let ω(G)\omega(G) be its clique number, and let λ1,,λn\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_n be the adjacency eigenvalues. Define the positive square energy by

s+(G)=λi>0λi2.s^+(G)=\sum_{\lambda_i>0}\lambda_i^2.

Elphick–Wocjan conjecture. For every graph GG on n1n\ge 1 vertices,

nns+(G)ω(G).\frac{n}{n-\sqrt{s^+(G)}}\le \omega(G).

This conjecture asks whether Wilf's spectral clique bound remains valid after replacing the largest eigenvalue by the square root of the positive square energy; the supplied source does not state whether it has been resolved.

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Yinchen Liu, Quanyu Tang and Shengtong Zhang, “A positive square-energy strengthening of Turán's theorem”, arXiv:2607.18044 (2026).

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