Spectral characterization of families of split graphs (Q489341)

This article considers the properties of the principal eigenvector in split graphs. The authors begin with an introduction to split graphs and a background of the known results and properties of their principal eigenvectors. In the second section a generalization is presented which calculates an upper bound on the sum of squares of the entries of the principal eigenvector, followed by a similar approach for the lower bound of the same quantity. These theorems help produce a characterization of some split graphs which is outlined in the fourth section. The article concludes with a final section on numerical results and a list of references.