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The maximum clique and the signless Laplacian eigenvalues. (English) Zbl 1174.05079
Summary: Lower and upper bounds are obtained for the clique number $$\omega (G)$$ and the independence number  $$\alpha (G)$$, in terms of the eigenvalues of the signless Laplacian matrix of a graph $$G$$.

##### MSC:
 05C50 Graphs and linear algebra (matrices, eigenvalues, etc.)
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