Nordhaus--Gaddum type inequalities for Laplacian and signless Laplacian eigenvalues

Abstract

Let $G$ be a graph with $n$ vertices. We denote the largest signless Laplacian eigenvalue of $G$ by $q_1(G)$ and Laplacian eigenvalues of $G$ by $\mu_1(G)\ge\cdots\ge\mu_{n-1}(G)\ge\mu_n(G)=0$. It is a conjecture on Laplacian spread of graphs that $\mu_1(G)-\mu_{n-1}(G)\le n-1$ or equivalently $\mu_1(G)+\mu_1(\Gb)\le2n-1$. We prove the conjecture for bipartite graphs. Also we show that for any bipartite graph $G$, $\mu_1(G)\mu_1(\Gb)\le n(n-1)$. Aouchiche and Hansen [A survey of Nordhaus--Gaddum type relations, Discrete Appl. Math. 161 (2013), 466--546] conjectured that %for any graph $G$ with $n$ vertices, $q_1(G)+q_1(\Gb)\le3n-4$ and $q_1(G)q_1(\Gb)\le2n(n-2)$. We prove the former and disprove the latter by constructing a family of graphs $H_n$ where $q_1(H_n)q_1(\ov{H_n})$ is about $2.15n^2+O(n)$.