Abstract
We consider a particular class of signed threshold graphs and their eigenvalues. If Ġ is such a threshold graph and Q(Ġ ) is a quotient matrix that arises from the equitable partition of Ġ , then we use a sequence of elementary matrix operations to prove that the matrix Q(Ġ ) – xI (x ∈ ℝ) is row equivalent to a tridiagonal matrix whose determinant is, under certain conditions, of the constant sign. In this way we determine certain intervals in which Ġ has no eigenvalues.
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