Bounds for the Kirchhoff Index of Bipartite Graphs

A -bipartite graph is a bipartite graph such that one bipartition has m vertices and the other bipartition has n vertices. The tree dumbbell consists of the path together with a independent vertices adjacent to one pendent vertex of and b independent vertices adjacent to the other pendent vertex of . In this paper, firstly, we show that, among -bipartite graphs , the complete bipartite graph has minimal Kirchhoff index and the tree dumbbell has maximal Kirchhoff index. Then, we show that, among all bipartite graphs of order , the complete bipartite graph has minimal Kirchhoff index and the path has maximal Kirchhoff index, respectively. Finally, bonds for the Kirchhoff index of -bipartite graphs and bipartite graphs of order are obtained by computing the Kirchhoff index of these extremal graphs.

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