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Geometric Evolution Graph Convolutional Networks: Enhancing Graph Representation Learning via Ricci Flow

Machine Learning 2026-05-07 v2

Abstract

We introduce the Geometric Evolution Graph Convolutional Network (GEGCN), a novel framework that enhances graph representation learning through explicit modeling of geometric evolution on graph structures. Specifically, GEGCN leverages a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network to capture the dynamic structural sequence generated by discrete Ricci flow, and infuses the learned dynamic representations into a graph convolutional network. Extensive experiments demonstrate that GEGCN achieves excellent performance on classification tasks across various benchmark datasets, including homophilic/heterophilic graphs, filtered graphs, and large-scale graphs.

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@article{arxiv.2603.26178,
  title  = {Geometric Evolution Graph Convolutional Networks: Enhancing Graph Representation Learning via Ricci Flow},
  author = {Jicheng Ma and Yunyan Yang and Juan Zhao and Liang Zhao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.26178},
  year   = {2026}
}
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