@article {IOPORT.06092215, author = {Li, Xueliang and Shi, Yongtang}, title = {On the diameter and inverse degree.}, year = {2011}, journal = {Ars Combinatoria}, volume = {101}, issn = {0381-7032}, pages = {481-487}, publisher = {Charles Babbage Research Centre, Winnipeg, MB}, abstract = {The inverse degree of a finite graph $G$ is defined as $r(G)=\sum _{v\in V(G)}\frac {1}{ \deg (v)}$, where deg$(v)$ is the degree of a vertex $v$. {\it P. Erd\H {o}s} et al. [Congr. Numerantium 64, 121--124 (1988; Zbl 0677.05053)] proved that, if $G$ is a connected graph of order $n$, then the diameter of $G$ is less than $(6r(G) + o(1)) \frac {\log n}{\log \log n}$. {\it P. Dankelmann, H. C. Swart} and {\it P. van den Berg} [Discrete Math. 308, No. 5--6, 670--673 (2008; Zbl 1142.05022)] improved this bound by a factor of $2$. The authors of this paper present sharp upper bounds for trees and unicyclic graphs, which improve the results mentioned above if $G$ is a tree.}, reviewer = {Tom\'{a}\v{s} Vetr\'{\i}k (Durban)}, identifier = {06092215}, }