Gap Intervals of Eccentricity Matrices of Chain Graphs
摘要
We show that the eccentricity matrix of a chain graph has a gap interval, i.e., an interval with no eccentricity eigenvalues in it. Our considerations are grounded on the row equivalence of two matrices: the characteristic matrix of the quotient matrix of the eccentricity matrix of a chain graph and a particular polynomial matrix whose underlying graph is a cycle.