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On the multiplicity of $Aα$-eigenvalues and the rank of complex unit gain graphs

Let $ Φ=(G, φ) $ be a connected complex unit gain graph ($ \mathbb{T} $-gain graph) on a simple graph $ G $ with $ n $ vertices and maximum vertex degree $ Δ$. The associated adjacency matrix and degree matrix are denoted by $ A(Φ) $ and $ D(Φ) $, respectively. Let $ m_α(Φ,λ) $ be the multiplicity of $ λ$ as an eigenvalue of $ A_α(Φ) :=αD(Φ)+(1-α)A(Φ)$, for $ α\in[0,1) $. In this article, we establish that $ m_α(Φ, λ)\leq \frac{(Δ-2)n+2}{Δ-1}$, and characterize the classes of graphs for which the equality hold. Furthermore, we establish a couple of bounds for the rank of $A(Φ)$ in terms of the maximum vertex degree and the number of vertices. One of the main results extends a result known for unweighted graphs and simplifies the proof in [15], and other results provide better bounds for $r(Φ)$ than the bounds known in [8].