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We establish several new relations between the discrete transition operator, the continuous Laplacian and the averaging operator associated with combinatorial and metric graphs. It is shown that these operators can be expressed through each…

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We propose a flexible framework for defining the 1-Laplacian of a hypergraph that incorporates edge-dependent vertex weights. These weights are able to reflect varying importance of vertices within a hyperedge, thus conferring the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Yu Zhu , Boning Li , Santiago Segarra

We propose a Laplacian based on general inner product spaces, which we call the inner product Laplacian. We show the combinatorial and normalized graph Laplacians, as well as other Laplacians for hypergraphs and directed graphs, are special…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-16 Sinan G. Aksoy , Stephen J. Young

Hypergraphs are powerful mathematical structures that can model complex, high-order relationships in various domains, including social networks, bioinformatics, and recommender systems. However, generating realistic and diverse hypergraphs…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-11 Dorian Gailhard , Enzo Tartaglione , Lirida Naviner , Jhony H. Giraldo

We develop a novel framework for modeling diffusion on complex networks by constructing Laplacian-like operators based on walks around a graph. Our approach introduces a parametric family of walk-based Laplacians that naturally incorporate…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Francesca Arrigo , Fabio Durastante

Normal and anomalous diffusion are ubiquitous in many complex systems [1] . Here, we define a time and space generalized diffusion equation (GDE), which uses fractional-time derivatives and transformed d-path Laplacian operators on…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-02-02 Fernando Diaz-Diaz , Ernesto Estrada

Let $G$ be a weakly connected directed graph with asymmetric graph Laplacian ${\cal L}$. Consensus and diffusion are dual dynamical processes defined on $G$ by $\dot x=-{\cal L}x$ for consensus and $\dot p=-p{\cal L}$ for diffusion. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-27 J. J. P. Veerman , E. Kummel

We study mass preserving transport of passive tracers in the low-diffusivity limit using Lagrangian coordinates. Over finite-time intervals, the solution-operator of the nonautonomous diffusion equation is approximated by that of a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-22 Daniel Karrasch , Nathanael Schilling

We prove Cheeger inequalities for p-Laplacians on finite and infinite weighted graphs. Unlike in previous works, we do not impose boundedness of the vertex degree, nor do we restrict ourselves to the normalized Laplacian and, more…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-12-21 Matthias Keller , Delio Mugnolo

In this paper we consider a generalized diffusion equation on a square lattice corresponding to Mellin transforms of the $k$-path Laplacian. In particular, we prove that superdiffusion occurs when the parameter $s$ in the Mellin transform…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-10 Ernesto Estrada , Ehsan Hameed , Matthias Langer , Aleksandra Puchalska

Diffusion processes are instrumental to describe the movement of a continuous quantity in a generic network of interacting agents. Here, we present a probabilistic framework for diffusion in networks and propose to classify agent…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-08-28 Wai Hong Ronald Chan , Matthias Wildemeersch , Tony Q. S. Quek

In this work, we develop a spectral theory for hypergraph limits. We prove the convergence of the spectra of adjacency and Laplacian matrices for hypergraph sequences converging in the $1$-cut metric. On the other hand, we give examples of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-06 Ágnes Backhausz , Christian Kuehn , Sjoerd van der Niet , Giulio Zucal

Spectral methods that are based on eigenvectors and eigenvalues of discrete graph Laplacians, such as Diffusion Maps and Laplacian Eigenmaps are often used for manifold learning and non-linear dimensionality reduction. It was previously…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-02 Amit Singer , Hau-tieng Wu

We derive Cheeger inequalities for directed graphs and hypergraphs using the reweighted eigenvalue approach that was recently developed for vertex expansion in undirected graphs [OZ22,KLT22,JPV22]. The goal is to develop a new spectral…

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Higher-order relations are widespread in nature, with numerous phenomena involving complex interactions that extend beyond simple pairwise connections. As a result, advancements in higher-order processing can accelerate the growth of…

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Cellular sheaves equip graphs with a "geometrical" structure by assigning vector spaces and linear maps to nodes and edges. Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) implicitly assume a graph with a trivial underlying sheaf. This choice is reflected in…

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We describe operators driving the time evolution of singular diffusion on finite graphs whose vertices are allowed to carry masses. The operators are defined by the method of quadratic forms on suitable Hilbert spaces. The model also covers…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-09 Christian Seifert , Jürgen Voigt

Most networks tend to show complex and multiple relationships between entities. Networks are usually modeled by graphs or hypergraphs; nonetheless a given entity can occur many times in a relationship: this brings the need to deal with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-30 Xavier Ouvrard , Jean-Marie Le Goff , Stephane Marchand-Maillet

We study directed, weighted graphs $G=(V,E)$ and consider the (not necessarily symmetric) averaging operator $$ (\mathcal{L}u)(i) = -\sum_{j \sim_{} i}{p_{ij} (u(j) - u(i))},$$ where $p_{ij}$ are normalized edge weights. Given a vertex $i…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2016-11-10 Xiuyuan Cheng , Manas Rachh , Stefan Steinerberger