Zagreb indices
Topological indices in chemical graph theory
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The Zagreb indices are among the oldest topological indices in chemical graph theory, introduced in 1972 by Ivan Gutman and Nenad Trinajstić. These graph invariants were originally developed to study the structure-dependency of total π {\displaystyle \pi } -electron energy in conjugated molecules and have since become widely used in QSAR/QSPR studies.