Signless Laplacian spectral radius and Hamiltonicity (Q1044549)

For an \(n\) vertex of a graph \(G\), the matrix \(L^*(G)=D(G)+A(G)\) is the signless Laplacian matrix of \(G\), where \(D(G)\) is the diagonal matrix of vertex degrees and \(A(G)\) is the adjacency matrix of \(G\). Let \(\gamma(G)\) be the largest eigenvalue of \(L^*(G)\). The author shows that if \(\gamma(\bar G)\leq n\) then \(G\) contains a Hamiltonian path and if \(\gamma(\bar G)\leq n-1\) then \(G\) contains a Hamiltonian cycle, except in a few fully characterized cases. This work uses the techniques and approach from [\textit{M. Fiedler} and \textit{V. Nikiforov}, ``Spectral radius and Hamiltonicity of graphs'', Linear Algebra Appl. 432, 2170--2173 (2010; Zbl 1218.05091)].