Quotient graphs and stochastic matrices
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| author | Cançado, Frederico Coutinho, Gabriel |
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| contents | Whenever graphs admit equitable partitions, their quotient graphs highlight the structure evidenced by the partition. It is therefore very natural to ask what can be said about two graphs that have the same quotient according to certain equitable partitions. This question has been connected to the theory of fractional isomorphisms and covers of graphs in well-known results that we briefly survey in this paper. We then depart to develop theory of what happens when the two graphs have the same symmetrized quotient, proving a structural result connecting this with the existence of certain doubly stochastic matrices. We apply this theorem to derive a new characterization of when two graphs have the same combinatorial quotient, and we also study graphs with weighted vertices and the related concept of pseudo-equitable partitions. Our results connect to known old and recent results, and are naturally applicable to study quantum walks. |
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| spellingShingle | Quotient graphs and stochastic matrices Cançado, Frederico Coutinho, Gabriel Combinatorics 05C69 (Primary), 15B51 (Secondary) Whenever graphs admit equitable partitions, their quotient graphs highlight the structure evidenced by the partition. It is therefore very natural to ask what can be said about two graphs that have the same quotient according to certain equitable partitions. This question has been connected to the theory of fractional isomorphisms and covers of graphs in well-known results that we briefly survey in this paper. We then depart to develop theory of what happens when the two graphs have the same symmetrized quotient, proving a structural result connecting this with the existence of certain doubly stochastic matrices. We apply this theorem to derive a new characterization of when two graphs have the same combinatorial quotient, and we also study graphs with weighted vertices and the related concept of pseudo-equitable partitions. Our results connect to known old and recent results, and are naturally applicable to study quantum walks. |
| title | Quotient graphs and stochastic matrices |
| topic | Combinatorics 05C69 (Primary), 15B51 (Secondary) |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.09157 |