On the Randić index of corona product graphs (Q410644)

Summary: Let \(G\) be a graph with vertex set \(V = (v_1, v_2, \dots, v_n)\). Let \(\delta(v_i)\) be the degree of the vertex \(v_i \in V\). If the vertices \(v_{i_1}, v_{i_2}, \dots, v_{i_{h+1}}\) form a path of length \(h \geq 1\) in the graph \(G\), then the \(h\)th order Randić index \(R_h\) of \(G\) is defined as the sum of the terms \(1 /\sqrt{\delta(v_{i_1}) \delta(v_{i_2}) \cdots \delta(v_{i_{h+1}})}\) over all paths of length \(h\) contained (as subgraphs) in \(G\). Lower and upper bounds for \(R_h\), in terms of the vertex degree sequence of its factors, are obtained for corona product graphs. Moreover, closed formulas are obtained when the factors are regular graphs.