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Applying a well-known theorem due to Eidelheit, we give a short proof of the surjectivity of the combinatorial Laplacian on connected locally finite undirected simplicial graph $G$ with countably infinite vertex set $V$, established by…
We propose an algebraic framework for generalized graph Laplacians which unifies the study of resistor networks, the critical group, and the eigenvalues of the Laplacian and adjacency matrices. Given a graph with boundary $G$ together with…
A Parseval frame is a spanning set for a Hilbert space which satisfies the Parseval identity: a vector can be expressed as a linear combination of the frame whose coefficients are inner products with the frame vectors. There is considerable…
To address the peculiarities of directed and/or signed graphs, new Laplacian operators have emerged. For instance, in the case of directionality, we encounter the magnetic operator, dilation (which is underexplored), operators based on…
We study infinite weighted graphs with view to \textquotedblleft limits at infinity,\textquotedblright or boundaries at infinity. Examples of such weighted graphs arise in infinite (in practice, that means \textquotedblleft…
Let G be a finite connected simple graph. We define the moduli space of conformal structures on G. We propose a definition of conformally covariant operators on graphs, motivated by [25]. We provide examples of conformally covariant…
We prove that every metric graph which is a tree has an orthonormal sequence of Laplace-eigenfunctions of full support. This implies that the number of nodal domains $\nu_n$ of the $n$-th eigenfunction of the Laplacian with standard…
This paper extends the definitions of effective resistance and effective conductance to characterize the overall relation (positive coupling or antagonism) between any two disjoint sets of nodes in a signed graph. It generalizes the…
We give a construction of a class of magnetic Laplacian operators on finite directed graphs. We study some general combinatorial and algebraic properties of operators in this class before applying the Harrell-Stubbe Averaged Variational…
Given a Hermitian vector bundle over an infinite weighted graph, we define the Laplacian associated to a unitary connection on this bundle and study the essential self-adjointness of a perturbation of this Laplacian by an operator-valued…
A rooted network consists of a connected, locally finite graph G, equipped with edge conductances and a distinguished vertex o. A nonnegative function on the vertices of G which vanishes at o, has Laplacian 1 at o, and is harmonic at all…
This paper introduces a novel Laplacian matrix aiming to enable the construction of spectral convolutional networks and to extend the signal processing applications for directed graphs. Our proposal is inspired by a Haar-like transformation…
Formal Laplace operators are analyzed for a large class of resistance networks with vertex weights. The graphs are completed with respect to the minimal resistance path metric. Compactness and a novel connectivity hypothesis for the…
We compare the space of square-summable functions on an infinite graph (denoted $\ell^2(G)$) with the space of functions of finite energy (denoted $\mathcal{H}_{\mathcal{E}}$). There is a notion of inclusion that allows $\ell^2(G)$ to be…
The celebrated Cheeger's Inequality establishes a bound on the edge expansion of a graph via its spectrum. This inequality is central to a rich spectral theory of graphs, based on studying the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the adjacency…
The graph of a Hecke operator encodes all information about the action of this operator on automorphic forms over a global function field. These graphs were introduced by Lorscheid in his PhD thesis for $\text{PGL}_{2}$ and we generalized…
Given a connected locally finite simplicial graph $ G$ with vertex set $V$, the combinatorial Laplacian $\Delta_G \colon \R^V \to \R^V$ is defined on the space of all real-valued functions on $V$. We prove that $\Delta_G$ is surjective if…
Orbits of graphs under local complementation (LC) and edge local complementation (ELC) have been studied in several different contexts. For instance, there are connections between orbits of graphs and error-correcting codes. We define a new…
In two seminal papers Kontsevich used a construction called_graph homology_ as a bridge between certain infinite dimensional Lie algebras and various topological objects, including moduli spaces of curves, the group of outer automorphisms…
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