A disconnected graph has algebraic connectivity at most 2 #
If the vertex set splits as A ⊔ Aᶜ (both nonempty) with no edges between the parts,
then the cut is empty, so the weighted-cut certificate gives algConn G ≤ 2 (indeed
algConn G = 0). This handles disconnected graphs uniformly for every n.
theorem
ACMax.algConn_le_two_of_not_connected
{V : Type u_1}
[Fintype V]
[Nonempty V]
(G : SimpleGraph V)
(hG : ¬G.Connected)
:
A disconnected graph (on a nonempty vertex type) has algConn G ≤ 2 — uniformly, for every
n. The connected component of any vertex is a nonempty proper set with no edges leaving it, so
algConn_le_two_of_separated applies.