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Catching homologies by geometric entropy

Mathematical Physics 2017-12-20 v1 math.MP

Abstract

A geometric entropy is defined as the Riemannian volume of the parameter space of a statistical manifold associated with a given network. As such it can be a good candidate for measuring networks complexity. Here we investigate its ability to single out topological features of networks proceeding in a bottom-up manner: first we consider small size networks by analytical methods and then large size networks by numerical techniques. Two different classes of networks, the random graphs and the scale--free networks, are investigated computing their Betti numbers and then showing the capability of geometric entropy of detecting homologies.

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@article{arxiv.1703.07369,
  title  = {Catching homologies by geometric entropy},
  author = {D. Felice and R. Franzosi and S. Mancini and M. Pettini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.07369},
  year   = {2017}
}

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12 pages, 2 Figures

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