Maxima and minima of the Hosoya index and the Merrifield-Simmons index, a survey of results and techniques

Acta Applicandae Mathematicae

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-346

  Wagner, Stephan ^a   Gutman, Ivan ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Extremal problem; Hosoya index; Merrifield Simmons index; Molecular graphs

Indexed keywords

EXTREMAL PROBLEMS; GRAPH INVARIANT; HOSOYA INDEX; INDEX VALUES; MATHEMATICAL CHEMISTRY; MERRIFIELD-SIMMONS INDEX; MOLECULAR GRAPHS; TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES;

SURVEYS;

EID: 78651387791     PISSN: 01678019     EISSN: 15729036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10440-010-9575-5     Document Type: Article

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