On Mostar and Edge Mostar Indices of Graphs

Let G be a graph with edge set E G and e = u v ∈ E G . Define n u e , G and m u e , G to be the number of vertices of G closer to u than to v and the number of edges of G closer to u than to v , respectively. The numbers n v e , G and m v e , G can be defined in an analogous way. The Mostar and edge Mostar indices of G are new graph invariants defined as M o G = ∑ u v ∈ E G n u u v , G − n v u v , G and M o e G = ∑ u v ∈ E G m u u v , G − m v u v , G , respectively. In this paper, an upper bound for the Mostar and edge Mostar indices of a tree in terms of its diameter is given. Next, the trees with the smallest and the largest Mostar and edge Mostar indices are also given. Finally, a recent conjecture of Liu, Song, Xiao, and Tang (2020) on bicyclic graphs with a given order, for which extremal values of the edge Mostar index are attained, will be proved. In addition, some new open questions are presented.