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Maden et al. Journal of Inequalities and Applications 2014, 2014:424
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RETRAC TION
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Retraction: On the Kirchhoff matrix, a new
Kirchhoff index and the Kirchhoff energy
Ayse Dilek Maden1 , Ahmet Sinan Cevik1* , Ismail Naci Cangul2 and Kinkar C Das3
*
Correspondence:
sinan.cevik@selcuk.edu.tr
1
Department of Mathematics,
Faculty of Science, Selçuk University,
Campus, Konya, 42075, Turkey
Full list of author information is
available at the end of the article
This article [] has been retracted by Professor Ravi P Agarwal, Editor-in-Chief of the
Journal of Inequalities and Applications.
After publication it became clear that the paper had been submitted without the consent, knowledge and acknowledgement of Betul Acar.
The authors Ayse Maden, Ahmet Cevik, Ismail Cangul and Kinkar C Das acknowledge
that they failed to obtain agreement with Betul Acar or to acknowledge her work, resulting
in an unfair representation of her ideas and thoughts. All those involved have agreed to
this retraction.
Author details
1
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Selçuk University, Campus, Konya, 42075, Turkey. 2 Department of
Mathematics, Faculty of Arts and Science, Uludag University, Gorukle Campus, Bursa, 16059, Turkey. 3 Department of
Mathematics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 440-746, Republic of Korea.
Received: 23 September 2014 Accepted: 23 September 2014 Published: 23 Oct 2014
References
1. Maden, AD, Cevik, AS, Cangul, IN, Das, KC: On the Kirchhoff matrix, a new Kirchhoff index and the Kirchhoff energy.
J. Inequal. Appl. 2013, 337 (2013)
10.1186/1029-242X-2014-424
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