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Localized eigenvectors of the non-backtracking matrix

Social and Information Networks 2016-03-18 v3 Physics and Society

Abstract

In the case of graph partitioning, the emergence of localized eigenvectors can cause the standard spectral method to fail. To overcome this problem, the spectral method using a non-backtracking matrix was proposed. Based on numerical experiments on several examples of real networks, it is clear that the non-backtracking matrix does not exhibit localization of eigenvectors. However, we show that localized eigenvectors of the non-backtracking matrix can exist outside the spectral band, which may lead to deterioration in the performance of graph partitioning.

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@article{arxiv.1505.07543,
  title  = {Localized eigenvectors of the non-backtracking matrix},
  author = {Tatsuro Kawamoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.07543},
  year   = {2016}
}

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11 pages, 5 figures, to be published from JSTAT

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