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We study the eigenvalues of the connection Laplacian on a graph with an orthogonal group or unitary group signature. We establish higher order Buser type inequalities, i.e., we provide upper bounds for eigenvalues in terms of Cheeger…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2019-04-03 Shiping Liu , Florentin Münch , Norbert Peyerimhoff

We present a method to control gonality of nonarchimedean curves based on graph theory. Let k denote a complete nonarchimedean valued field. We first prove a lower bound for the gonality of a curve over the algebraic closure of k in terms…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2013-12-12 Gunther Cornelissen , Fumiharu Kato , Janne Kool

We derive a sharp, localized version of elliptic type gradient estimates for positive solutions (bounded or not) to the heat equation. These estimates are akin to the Cheng-Yau estimate for the Laplace equation and Hamilton's estimate for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Philippe Souplet , Qi S. Zhang

We demonstrate a relationship between the heat kernel on a finite weighted Abelian Cayley graph and Gaussian functions on lattices. This can be used to prove a new inequality for the heat kernel on such a graph: when $t \leq t'$,…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-12-22 Thomas McMurray Price

We prove that for combinatorial graphs with non-negative Ollivier curvature, one has \[ \|P_t \mu - P_t \nu\|_1 \leq \frac{W_1(\mu,\nu)}{\sqrt{t}} \] for all probability measures $\mu,\nu$ where $P_t$ is the heat semigroup and $W_1$ is the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-08-01 Florentin Münch

We prove a conjecture of Bonini et al. on the precise values of the Lin--Lu--Yau curvature of conference graphs, i.e., strongly regular graphs with parameters $(4\gamma+1,2\gamma,\gamma-1,\gamma)$. Our method depends only on the parameter…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-13 Kaizhe Chen , Shiping Liu , Heng Zhang

Results regarding off-diagonal Gaussian upper heat kernel bounds on discrete weighted graphs with possibly unbounded geometry are summarized and related. After reviewing uniform upper heat kernel bounds obtained by Carlen, Kusuoka, and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-28 Christian Rose

Most state-of-the-art graph kernels only take local graph properties into account, i.e., the kernel is computed with regard to properties of the neighborhood of vertices or other small substructures. On the other hand, kernels that do take…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-09-25 Christopher Morris , Kristian Kersting , Petra Mutzel

Inspired Yau's work (Comm. Anal. Geom., 1994), in this short note we provide a new version of Li-Yau gradient estimate for the linear heat equation, which generalizes some known results and gives new gradient estimates. Also we explain the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-05-11 Bin Qian

An amply regular graph is a regular graph such that any two adjacent vertices have $\alpha$ common neighbors and any two vertices with distance $2$ have $\beta$ common neighbors. We prove a sharp lower bound estimate for the Lin--Lu--Yau…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-12 Xueping Huang , Shiping Liu , Qing Xia

In this paper, we prove the equivalent of ultracontractive bound of heat semigroup or the uniform upper bound of the heat kernel with the Nash inequality, Log-Sobolev inequalities on graphs. We also show that under the assumption of volume…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-02-09 Yong Lin , Shuang Liu , Hongye Song

In this paper, we obtain an explicit formula for the heat kernel on the infinite Cayley graph of the modular group $\operatorname{PSL}_2\mathbb{Z}$, given by the presentation $\langle a,b\mid a^2=1, b^3=1\rangle$. Our approach extends the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-01 Anders Karlsson , Kamila Kashaeva

This is first of series papers on new two-side Gaussian bounds for the heat kernel $H(x,y,t)$ on a complete manifold $(M,g)$. In this paper, on a complete manifold $M$ with $Ric(M)\geq 0$, we obtain new two-side Gaussian bounds for the heat…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-01-01 Xiangjin Xu

We study the Ollivier-Ricci curvature and its modification introduced by Lin, Lu, and Yau on graphs. We provide a complete characterization of all graphs with Lin-Lu-Yau curvature at least one. We then explore the relationship between the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-21 Moritz Hehl

We study the existence and uniqueness of the heat kernel on infinite, locally finite, connected graphs. For general graphs, a uniqueness criterion, shown to be optimal, is given in terms of the maximal valence on spheres about a fixed…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2008-04-24 Radoslaw K. Wojciechowski

In this paper, we derive local and global Li-Yau type gradient estimates for the positive solutions of the CR heat equation on complete noncompact pseudo-Hermitian manifolds. As applications of the gradient estimates, we give a Harnack…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-05-10 Yuxin Dong , Yibin Ren , Biqiang Zhao

We prove large-time Gaussian upper bounds for continuous-time heat kernels of Laplacians on graphs with unbounded geometry. Our estimates hold for centers of large balls satisfying a Sobolev inequality and volume doubling. Distances are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-12-27 Matthias Keller , Christian Rose

We prove Li-Yau type gradient bounds for the heat equation either on manifolds with fixed metric or under the Ricci flow. In the former case the curvature condition is $|Ric^-| \in L^p$ for some $p>n/2$, or $\sup_\M \int_\M…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-05-30 Qi S Zhang , Meng Zhu

Let $G$ be an infinite, edge- and vertex-weighted graph with certain reasonable restrictions. We construct the heat kernel of the associated Laplacian using an adaptation of the parametrix approach due to Minakshisundaram-Pleijel in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-10 Jay Jorgenson , Anders Karlsson , Lejla Smajlović

In this paper, we establish a parabolic Harnack inequality for positive solutions of the $\phi$-heat equation and prove Gaussian upper and lower bounds for the $\phi$-heat kernel on weighted Riemannian manifolds under lower $N$-Ricci…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Wen-Qi Li , Zhikai Zhang