Degree distance of unicyclic and bicyclic graphs

Abstract

Let G be a connected graph with vertex set V(G). The degree distance of G is defined as D′(G)=∑u,v⊆V(G)(degG(u)+degG(v))d(u,v), where degG(u) is the degree of vertex u, and d(u,v) denotes the distance between u and v. Here we characterize n-vertex unicyclic graphs with girth k, having minimum and maximum degree distance, respectively. Furthermore, we prove that the graph Bn, obtained from two triangles linked by a path, is the unique graph having the maximum degree distance among bicyclic graphs, which resolves a recent conjecture of Tomescu.