On Computing the Lower and Upper Bounds of Γ-Graphs via Some Topological Indices
V. H. Narendra *
Department of Mathematics, Government Science College, Chitradurga, Karnataka-577 501, India.
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Abstract
Topological indices provide numerical descriptors of graph structure and are widely used to relate molecular graph properties to structural features. This manuscript studies lower and upper bounds for selected degreebased topological indices of the Γ -graph, defined through the semi-total point graph of the vertex corona construction for two finite, simple and connected graphs G and H. Using an edge-partition approach, the work derives bounds in terms of the vertex and edge cardinalities of G and H, together with their minimum and maximum degrees. The indices considered are the first Zagreb index, the Nirmala index, the Sombor index, the hyper-Zagreb index, the Y -index and the V L-index. For each index, the corresponding formula is supported by illustrative computations on representative graph pairs, including paths, cycles and treetype graphs. These examples show that the computed index values lie within the stated lower and upper estimates, thereby demonstrating the consistency of the proposed bounding framework for the selected cases. The presentation also clarifies how the degree contributions from different edge classes determine the final expressions. The study contributes a structured treatment of Γ-graph bounds for several commonly used degree-based descriptors and indicates how the same edge-decomposition method may be adapted to related graph invariants, subject to careful verification of the underlying graph parameters.
Keywords: Γ-graph, corona product, semi-total point graph, topological index, degree-based index, first Zagreb index, Sombor index, Nirmala index, hyper-Zagreb index, Y -index, V L-index