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Let $G$ be a $\mathbf{W}_{p}$ graph if $n\geq p$ and every $p$ pairwise disjoint independent sets of $G$ are contained within $p$ pairwise disjoint maximum independent sets. In this paper, we establish that every $\mathbf{W}_{p}$ graph $G$ is $p$-quasi-regularizable if and only if $n\geq (p+1)\alpha $, where $\alpha $ is the independence number of $G$. This finding ensures that the independence polynomial of a connected $\mathbf{W}_{p}$ graph $G$ is log-concave whenever $(p+1)\alpha \leq n\leq 2p\alpha +p+1$. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the independence polynomial of the clique corona $G\circ K_{p}$ is invariably log-concave for all $p\geq 1$. As an application, we validate a long-standing conjecture claiming that the independence polynomial of a very well-covered graph is unimodal., Comment: 16 pages, 2 figures

Let $\alpha(G)$ denote the cardinality of a maximum independent set, while $\mu(G)$ be the size of a maximum matching in $G=\left( V,E\right) $. It is known that if $\alpha(G)+\mu(G)=\left\vert V\right\vert $, then $G$ is a K\"{o}nig-Egerv\'{a}ry graph. The critical difference $d(G)$ is $\max\{d(I):I\in\mathrm{Ind}(G)\}$, where $\mathrm{Ind}(G)$\ denotes the family of all independent sets of $G$. If $A\in\mathrm{Ind}(G)$ with $d\left( X\right) =d(G)$, then $A$ is a critical independent set. For a graph $G$, let $\mathrm{diadem}(G)=\bigcup\{S:S$ is a critical independent set in $G\}$, and $\varrho_{v}\left( G\right) $ denote the number of vertices $v\in V\left( G\right) $, such that $G-v$ is a K\"{o}nig-Egerv\'{a}ry graph. A graph is called almost bipartite if it has a unique odd cycle. In this paper, we show that if $G$ is an almost bipartite non-K\"{o}nig-Egerv\'{a}ry graph with the unique odd cycle $C$, then the following assertions are true: 1. every maximum matching of $G$ contains $\left\lfloor {V(C)}/{2}\right\rfloor $ edges belonging to $C$; 2. $V(C)\cup N_{G}\left[ \mathrm{diadem}\left( G\right) \right] =V$ and $V(C)\cap N_{G}\left[ \mathrm{diadem}\left( G\right) \right] =\emptyset$; 3. $\varrho_{v}\left( G\right) =\left\vert \mathrm{corona}\left( G\right) \right\vert -\left\vert \mathrm{diadem}\left( G\right) \right\vert $, where $\mathrm{corona}\left( G\right) $ is the union of all maximum independent sets of $G$; 4. $\varrho_{v}\left( G\right) =\left\vert V\right\vert $ if and only if $G=C_{2k+1}$ for some integer $k\geq1$., Comment: 20 pages, 7 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2401.05523

The graph G=(V,E) is called Konig-Egervary if the sum of its independence number and its matching number equals its order. Let RV(G) denote the number of vertices v such that G-v is Konig-Egervary, and let RE(G) denote the number of edges e such that G-e is Konig-Egervary. Clearly, RV(G) = |V| and RE(G) = |E| for bipartite graphs. Unlike the bipartiteness, the property of being a Konig-Egervary graph is not hereditary. In this paper, we present an equality expressing RV(G) in terms of some graph parameters, and a tight inequality bounding RE(G) in terms of the same parameters, when G is Konig-Egervary., Comment: 19 pages, 12 figures