Problems / combinatorics
combinatorics / Spectral graph theory
Bollobás–Nikiforov conjecture
The work claims a complete proof of the original Bollobás–Nikiforov conjecture for every finite non-complete simple graph.
More precisely, the Lean theorem `BN.lambda1_sq_add_lambda2_sq_le` proves
λ1(G)2+λ2(G)2≤2(1−ω(G)1)∣E(G)∣.
The development proves a stronger weighted spectral inequality. If B is a real symmetric entrywise nonnegative matrix with zero diagonal, supported on the edges of G, and F(B) is the sum of the squares of its two largest positive eigenvalues, then
F(B)≤(1−ω(G)1)∥B∥F2.
The human-readable manuscript is still preliminary and is being rewritten and polished.