Sharp upper bounds for multiplicative Zagreb indices of bipartite graphs with given diameter (1701.08389v2)

Abstract: The first multiplicative Zagreb index of a graph $G$ is the product of the square of every vertex degree, while the second multiplicative Zagreb index is the product of the degree of each edge over all edges. In our work, we explore the multiplicative Zagreb indices of bipartite graphs of order $n$ with diameter $d$, and sharp upper bounds are obtained for these indices of graphs in $\mathcal{B}(n,d)$, where $\mathcal{B}(n, d)$ is the set of all $n$-vertex bipartite graphs with the diameter $d$. In addition, we explore the relationship between the maximal multiplicative Zagreb indices of graphs \textcolor{blue}{within} $\mathcal{B}(n, d)$. As consequences, those bipartite graphs with the largest, second-largest and smallest multiplicative Zagreb indices are characterized, and our results extend and enrich some known conclusions.