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On resistance-distance and Kirchhoff index

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We provide some properties of the resistance-distance and the Kirchhoff index of a connected (molecular) graph, especially those related to its normalized Laplacian eigenvalues.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China

    Bo Zhou

  2. The Rugjer Bošković Institute, P.O. Box 180, Zagreb, 10002, Croatia

    Nenad Trinajstić

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Zhou, B., Trinajstić, N. On resistance-distance and Kirchhoff index. J Math Chem 46, 283–289 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10910-008-9459-3

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