Multiplicative Zagreb indices of k-trees

Abstract

Let G be a graph with vertex set V (G) and edge set E(G). The first generalized multiplicative Zagreb index of G is M_1(G) and the second multiplicative Zagreb index is M_2(G). The multiplicative Zagreb indices have been the focus of considerable research in computational chemistry dating back to Narumi and Katayama in 1980s. In this paper, we generalize Narumi-Katayama index and the first multiplicative index, where c = 1, 2, respectively, and extend the results of Gutman to the generalized tree, the k-tree, where the results of Gutman are for k = 1. Additionally, we characterize the extremal graphs and determine the exact bounds of these indices of k-trees, which attain the lower and upper bounds.