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Mapping complex input data into suitable lower dimensional manifolds is a common procedure in machine learning. This step is beneficial mainly for two reasons: (1) it reduces the data dimensionality and (2) it provides a new data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-11-28 Daniele Zambon , Lorenzo Livi , Cesare Alippi

We introduce and study a generalization of conformal rigidity for graphs. A graph is $k$-conformally rigid if the uniform edge weights simultaneously maximize the sum of the $k$ smallest nontrivial Laplacian eigenvalues and minimize the sum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Henrique Assumpção , Gabriel Coutinho , Chris Godsil

We prove that the total curvature of any planar graph with nonnegative combinatorial curvature is an integral multiple of $\frac{1}{12}.$ As a corollary, this answers a question proposed by T. R\'eti.

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2017-09-11 Bobo Hua , Yanhui Su

Inspired by work of Fr\"oberg (1990), and Eagon and Reiner (1998), we define the \emph{total $k$-cut complex} of a graph $G$ to be the simplicial complex whose facets are the complements of independent sets of size $k$ in $G$. We study the…

Real-world graphs naturally exhibit hierarchical or cyclical structures that are unfit for the typical Euclidean space. While there exist graph neural networks that leverage hyperbolic or spherical spaces to learn representations that embed…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-09-11 Sungjun Cho , Seunghyuk Cho , Sungwoo Park , Hankook Lee , Honglak Lee , Moontae Lee

We study graphical mean curvature flow of complete solutions defined on subsets of Euclidean space. We obtain smooth long time existence. The projections of the evolving graphs also solve mean curvature flow. Hence this approach allows to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-10-23 Mariel Sáez Trumper , Oliver C. Schnürer

Connections between continuous and discrete worlds tend to be elusive. One example is curvature. Even though there exist numerous nonequivalent definitions of graph curvature, none is known to converge in any limit to any traditional…

A (molecular) graph in which all vertices have the same degree is known as a regular graph. According to Gutman, Hansen, and M\'elot [J. Chem. Inf. Model. 45 (2005) 222-230], it is of interest to measure the irregularity of nonregular…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-06 Akbar Ali , Darko Dimitrov , Tamás Réti , Abeer M. Albalahi , Amjad E. Hamza

The problem of defining correctly geometric objects such as the curvature is a hard one in discrete geometry. In 2009, Ollivier defined a notion of curvature applicable to a wide category of measured metric spaces, in particular to graphs.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-03-10 Benoît Loisel , Pascal Romon

In this paper, we establish some comparison theorems for the total quotient curvature. Specifically, we examine the behavior of the functional with respect to the total quotient curvature and prove that the background Einstein metric…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Jiaqi Chen , Yi Fang , Jingyang Zhong

Families of conformal field theories are naturally endowed with a Riemannian geometry which is locally encoded by correlation functions of exactly marginal operators. We show that the curvature of such conformal manifolds can be computed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-09 Bruno Balthazar , Clay Cordova

In the continuum, close connections exist between mean curvature flow, the Allen-Cahn (AC) partial differential equation, and the Merriman-Bence-Osher (MBO) threshold dynamics scheme. Graph analogues of these processes have recently seen a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-07-11 Yves van Gennip , Nestor Guillen , Braxton Osting , Andrea L. Bertozzi

This survey describes some recent rigidity results obtained by the authors for the prescribed mean curvature problem on graphs $u : M \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$. Emphasis is put on minimal, CMC and capillary graphs, as well as on graphical…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-11-17 Bruno Bianchini , Giulio Colombo , Marco Magliaro , Luciano Mari , Patrizia Pucci , Marco Rigoli

Discrete curvatures are quantities associated to the nodes and edges of a graph that reflect the local geometry around them. These curvatures have a rich mathematical theory and they have recently found success as a tool to analyze networks…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-08-02 Michelle Roost , Karel Devriendt , Giulio Zucal , Jürgen Jost

Graph curvature provides geometric priors for Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), enhancing their ability to model complex graph structures, particularly in terms of structural awareness, robustness, and theoretical interpretability. Among…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-29 Chaoqun Fei , Tinglve Zhou , Tianyong Hao , Yangyang Li

A rigidity theory is developed for the Euclidean and non-Euclidean placements of countably infinite simple graphs in R^d with respect to the classical l^p norms, for d>1 and 1<p<\infty. Generalisations are obtained for the Laman and…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-10-08 D. Kitson , S. C. Power

The theory of classical types of curves in normed planes is not strongly developed. In particular, the knowledge on existing concepts of curvatures of planar curves is widespread and not systematized in the literature. Giving a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-02-07 Vitor Balestro , Horst Martini , Emad Shonoda

In this paper, we study the mean curvature flow of graphs with Neumann boundary condition. The main aim is to use the maximum principle to get the boundary gradient estimate for solutions. In particular, we obtain the corresponding…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-06-22 Jinju Xu

Introduced the quantitative measure of the structural complexity of the graph (complex network, etc.) based on a procedure similar to the renormalization process, considering the difference between actual and averaged graph structures on…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-06-05 A. A. Snarskii

How does one generalize differential geometric constructs such as curvature of a manifold to the discrete world of graphs and other combinatorial structures? This problem carries significant importance for analyzing models of discrete…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-27 J. F. Du Plessis , Xerxes D. Arsiwalla