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Main Authors: Santos, Augusto Almeida, Moura, José M. F., Xavier, João
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Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.03290
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author Santos, Augusto Almeida
Moura, José M. F.
Xavier, João
author_facet Santos, Augusto Almeida
Moura, José M. F.
Xavier, João
contents We construct a novel preorder on the set of nodes of a simple undirected graph. We prove that the preorder (induced by the topology of the graph) is preserved, e.g., by the logistic dynamical system (both in discrete and continuous time). Moreover, the underlying equivalence relation of the preorder corresponds to the coarsest equitable partition (CEP). This will further imply that the logistic dynamical system on a graph preserves its coarsest equitable partition. The results provide a nontrivial invariant set for the logistic and the like dynamical systems, as we show. We note that our construct provides a functional characterization for the CEP as an alternative to the pure set theoretical iterated degree sequences characterization. The construct and results presented might have independent interest for analysis on graphs or qualitative analysis of dynamical systems over networks.
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spellingShingle Preorder Construct on Simple Undirected Graphs
Santos, Augusto Almeida
Moura, José M. F.
Xavier, João
Combinatorics
We construct a novel preorder on the set of nodes of a simple undirected graph. We prove that the preorder (induced by the topology of the graph) is preserved, e.g., by the logistic dynamical system (both in discrete and continuous time). Moreover, the underlying equivalence relation of the preorder corresponds to the coarsest equitable partition (CEP). This will further imply that the logistic dynamical system on a graph preserves its coarsest equitable partition. The results provide a nontrivial invariant set for the logistic and the like dynamical systems, as we show. We note that our construct provides a functional characterization for the CEP as an alternative to the pure set theoretical iterated degree sequences characterization. The construct and results presented might have independent interest for analysis on graphs or qualitative analysis of dynamical systems over networks.
title Preorder Construct on Simple Undirected Graphs
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.03290