Curvature, diameter and signs of graphs

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Main Authors: Chen, Wei, Liu, Shiping
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Published: 2024
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author Chen, Wei
Liu, Shiping
author_facet Chen, Wei
Liu, Shiping
contents We prove a Li-Yau type eigenvalue-diameter estimate for signed graphs. That is, the nonzero eigenvalues of the Laplacian of a non-negatively curved signed graph are lower bounded by $1/D^2$ up to a constant, where $D$ stands for the diameter. This leads to several interesting applications, including a volume estimate for non-negatively curved signed graphs in terms of frustration index and diameter, and a two-sided Li-Yau estimate for triangle-free graphs. Our proof is built upon a combination of Chung-Lin-Yau type gradient estimate and a new trick involving strong nodal domain walks of signed graphs. We further discuss extensions of part of our results to nonlinear Laplacians on signed graphs.
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spellingShingle Curvature, diameter and signs of graphs
Chen, Wei
Liu, Shiping
Combinatorics
Differential Geometry
Spectral Theory
We prove a Li-Yau type eigenvalue-diameter estimate for signed graphs. That is, the nonzero eigenvalues of the Laplacian of a non-negatively curved signed graph are lower bounded by $1/D^2$ up to a constant, where $D$ stands for the diameter. This leads to several interesting applications, including a volume estimate for non-negatively curved signed graphs in terms of frustration index and diameter, and a two-sided Li-Yau estimate for triangle-free graphs. Our proof is built upon a combination of Chung-Lin-Yau type gradient estimate and a new trick involving strong nodal domain walks of signed graphs. We further discuss extensions of part of our results to nonlinear Laplacians on signed graphs.
title Curvature, diameter and signs of graphs
topic Combinatorics
Differential Geometry
Spectral Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.15594