Proof of Brouwer's conjecture (BC) for all graphs with number of vertices $n>n_0$ assuming that BC holds for $n\leq n_0$ for some $n_0 \leq 10^{24}$

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Abstract. In the article, the authors consider the problem of constructing an upper bound for the sum of the maximal eigenvalues of Laplacian of a graph. The article is devoted to proving the Brouwer conjecture, which states that the sum of the -maximal eigenvalues of Laplacian of a graph does not exceed the number of edges of the graph plus \( (t + 1)t⁄2 \). Note that we prove the validity of the general Brouwer conjecture under the assumption that the conjecture is valid for a finite number of graphs with the number of vertices less than \( 10^{24 } \), i.e., a complete proof of the conjecture is reduced to establishing its validity for a finite number of graphs. The proof of this conjecture attracts the interest of a large number of specialists. There are a number of results for special graphs and a proof of the conjecture for almost all random graphs. The proof we are considering uses an inductive method that has some peculiarities. The original method involves constructing various estimates for the eigenvalues of Laplacian of a graph which is used to construct the induction step. Several variants of the method are considered depending on the values of the coordinates of the eigenvectors of the Laplacian. The well-known fact of equivalence of the validity of the Brouwer conjecture for the graph itself and the complement of the graph is used.

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Vladimir M. Blinovsky

Institute for Information Transmission Problems; Federal University of Sao Paulo Sao Jose dos Campus, Institute of Science and Technology

Author for correspondence.
Email: vblinovs@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4029-5715

Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Chief Researcher

Russian Federation, 19 Bolshoy Karetny per., Moscow 127051, Russian Federation; 1201 — Eugenio de Mello, Cesare Mansueto Giulio Lattes Avenue, Sao Jose dos Campus/SP 12247-014, Brazil

Llohann D. Speranca

Federal University of Sao Paulo Sao Jose dos Campus, Institute of Science and Technology

Email: lsperanca@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8509-8622

PhD, Professor

Brazil, 1201 — Eugenio de Mello, Cesare Mansueto Giulio Lattes Avenue, Sao Jose dos Campus/SP 12247-014, Brazil

Alexander N. Pchelintsev

Tambov State Technical University

Email: pchelintsev.an@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4136-1227

Candidate of Physics and Mathematics, Head of the Higher Mathematics Department

Russian Federation, 106 Sovetskaja Str., Tambov 392000, Russian Federation

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