Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Mathematics and Statistics
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 32e
  • Issue: 1

Wiener index of one-vertex union of graphs

  • Author:
  • K. Thilakam
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 39 to 45

Head, PG & Research, Department of Mathematics, Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Tiruchirappalli-620 002 (T.N.) Email: kthilakamaths@gmail.com

Online published on 24 March, 2014.

Abstract

The Wiener index W(G) of a connected graph G is defined as the half of the sum of the distances between every pair of vertices of G. It gives a good correlation with the thermodynamic properties of saturated hydrocarbon molecules. It is also know that the Wiener index of a molecular graph correlates with certain physical and chemical properties of a molecule. In this paper Wiener index of one-vertex union of fans Fn and flags Fln are determined.

Keywords

Distance, Path, Cycle