Eigenvalues of the Laplacian matrices of the cycles with one weighted edge

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Abstract: In this paper we study the eigenvalues of the laplacian matrices of the cyclic graphs with one edge of weight alpha and the others of weight 1. We denote by n the order of the graph and suppose that n tends to infinity. We notice that the characteristic polynomial and the eigenvalues depend only on operatornameRe(alpha). After that, through the rest of the paper we suppose that 0<alpha<1. It is easy to see that the eigenvalues belong to [0,4] and are asymptotically distributed as the function g(x)=4sin2(x/2) on [0,pi]. We obtain a series of results about the individual behavior of the eigenvalues. First, we describe more precisely their localization in subintervals of [0,4]. Second, we transform the characteristic equation to a form convenient to solve by numerical methods. In particular, we prove that Newton's method converges for every nge3. Third, we derive asymptotic formulas for all eigenvalues, where the errors are uniformly bounded with respect to the number of the eigenvalue.


In the manuscript under review, the authors perform an in-depth 30-page study of the spectral properties of the Laplacian matrix of a cycle in which all edges have weight 1, except one edge which has weight \(\alpha\). As already remarked by one of the original paper's reviewers, this is an ``exhaustive treatise on a relatively narrow topic.



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