May 18 – 22, 2026
Virginia Tech
America/New_York timezone

Orientable forcing and relationships with linear algebra

May 20, 2026, 11:10 AM
25m
Goodwin Hall 155 (Virginia Tech)

Goodwin Hall 155

Virginia Tech

Minisymposium Talk The Inverse Eigenvalue Problem of a Graph and Zero Forcing The Inverse Eigenvalue Problem of a Graph and Zero Forcing

Speaker

Bonnie Jacob (Rochester Institute of Technology)

Description

In this talk, we introduce a new parameter, the orientable forcing number of an undirected graph $G$, which is the maximum zero forcing number among all oriented graphs that have $G$ as their underlying undirected graph. We establish some properties of the orientable forcing number, including extreme values, and discuss how the parameter relates to matrices.

Authors

Bonnie Jacob (Rochester Institute of Technology) Dr Erika L.C. King (Hobart and William Smith Colleges)

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