Bounding the sum of powers of the Laplacian eigenvaluesof graphs

For a non-zero real number α, let sα（G） denote the sum of the αth power of thenon-zero Laplacian eigenvalues of a graph G. In this paper, we establish a connection betweensα（G） and the first Zagreb index in which the H¨older’s inequality plays a key role. By usingthis result, we present a lot of bounds of sα（G） for a connected （molecular） graph G in terms ofits number of vertices （atoms） and edges （bonds）. We also present other two bounds for sα（G）in terms of connectivity and chromatic number respectively, which generalize those results ofZhou and Trinajsti′c for the Kirchho? index [B Zhou, N Trinajsti′c. A note on Kirchhoff index,Chem. Phys. Lett., 2008, 455: 120-123].