Estrada index

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In chemical graph theory, the Estrada index is a topological index of protein folding. The index was first defined by Ernesto Estrada as a measure of the degree of folding of a protein,[1] which is represented as a path-graph weighted by the dihedral or torsional angles of the protein backbone. This index of degree of folding has found multiple applications in the study of protein functions and protein-ligand interactions.

The name "Estrada index" was introduced by de la Peña et al. in 2007.[2]

Derivation

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Perspective

Let be a graph of size and let be a non-increasing ordering of the eigenvalues of its adjacency matrix . The Estrada index is defined as

For a general graph, the index can be obtained as the sum of the subgraph centralities of all nodes in the graph. The subgraph centrality of node is defined as[3]

The subgraph centrality has the following closed form[3]

where is the th entry of the th eigenvector associated with the eigenvalue . It is straightforward to realise that[3]

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