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The characterization of complex networks with tools originating in geometry, for instance through the statistics of so-called Ricci curvatures, is a well established tool of network science. There exist various types of such Ricci…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-02-12 Madhumita Mondal , Areejit Samal , Florentin Münch , Jürgen Jost

In this paper, we will present some characterizations for the upper bound of the Bakry-Emery curvature on a Riemannian manifold by using functional inequalities on path space. Moreover, some characterizations for general lower and upper…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-12-06 Bo Wu

We give a classification of all connected quartic graphs which are (infinity) curvature sharp in all vertices with respect to Bakry-\'Emery curvature. The result is based on a computer classification by F. Gurr and L. Watson May and a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-02-28 David Cushing , Supanat Kamtue , Norbert Peyerimhoff , Leyna Watson May

One of the main obstacles regarding Barky Emery curvature on graphs is that the results require a global uniform lower curvature bounds where no exception sets are allowed. We overcome this obstacle by introducing the perpetual cutoff…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-03-13 Florentin Münch

We derive an optimal eigenvalue ratio estimate for finite weighted graphs satisfying the curvature-dimension inequality $CD(0,\infty)$. This estimate is independent of the size of the graph and provides a general method to obtain higher…

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

Inspired by the approach of Ivanisvili and Volberg towards functional inequalities for probability measures with strictly convex potentials, we investigate the relationship between curvature bounds in the sense of Bakry-Emery and local…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-03-05 Devraj Duggal , Andreas Malliaris , James Melbourne , Cyril Roberto

We prove comparison theorems for the sub-Riemannian distortion coefficients appearing in interpolation inequalities. These results, which are equivalent to a sub-Laplacian comparison theorem for the sub-Riemannian distance, are obtained by…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-03-18 Davide Barilari , Luca Rizzi

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

We establish a sharp edge-connectivity estimate for graphs with non-negative Bakry-\'Emery curvature. This leads to a geometric criterion for the existence of a perfect matching. Precisely, we show that any regular graph with non-negative…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-25 Kaizhe Chen , Jack H. Koolen , Shiping Liu

We study geometry of complete Riemannian manifolds endowed with a weighted measure, where the weight function is of quadratic growth. Assuming the associated Bakry-Emery curvature is bounded from below, we derive a new Laplacian comparison…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-11-19 Ovidiu Munteanu , Jiaping Wang

We study graphs with nonnegative Bakry-\'Emery curvature or Ollivier curvature outside a finite subset. For such a graph, via introducing the discrete Gromov-Hausdorff convergence we prove that the space of bounded harmonic functions is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-10-04 Bobo Hua , Florentin Münch

In this paper we consider global $\theta$-curvatures of finite Markov chains with associated means $\theta$ in the spirit of the entropic curvature (based on the logarithmic mean) by Erbar-Maas and Mielke. As in the case of Bakry-\'Emery…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-04-01 Supanat Kamtue , Shiping Liu , Florentin Münch , Norbert Peyerimhoff

We prove a homology vanishing theorem for graphs with positive Bakry-\'Emery curvature, analogous to a classic result of Bochner on manifolds \cite{Bochner}. Specifically, we prove that if a graph has positive curvature at every vertex,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-12-07 Mark Kempton , Florentin Munch , Shing-Tung Yau

We show that the curvature K_(G*H)(x,y) at a point (x,y) in the strong product G*H of two arbitrary finite simple graphs is equal to the product K_G(x) K_H(y) of the curvatures.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-20 Oliver Knill

This article introduces a new approach to discrete curvature based on the concept of effective resistances. We propose a curvature on the nodes and links of a graph and present the evidence for their interpretation as a curvature. Notably,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-09-26 Karel Devriendt , Renaud Lambiotte

We introduce a curvature function for planar graphs to study the connection between the curvature and the geometric and spectral properties of the graph. We show that non-positive curvature implies that the graph is infinite and locally…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-01-18 Matthias Keller

In this note, we derive explicit formulae for the curvature of a convex sum of Riemannian metrics, \(g_t = (1-t)g_0 + t g_1\). We study whether such a deformation can increase the \emph{average} of the Riemann curvature component…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Leonardo F. Cavenaghi , Giovane Galindo , Llohann D. Sperança

We express the discrete Ricci curvature of a graph as the minimal eigenvalue of a family of matrices, one for each vertex of a graph whose entries depend on the local adjaciency structure of the graph. Using this method we compute or bound…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-04-20 Viola Siconolfi

We define a hybrid between Ollvier and Bakry Emery curvature on graphs with dependence on a variable neighborhood. The hexagonal lattice is non-negatively curved under this new curvature notion. Bonnet-Myers diameter bounds and Lichnerowicz…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-17 Mark Kempton , Gabor Lippner , Florentin Munch

We give rigidity results for the discrete Bonnet-Myers diameter bound and the Lichnerowicz eigenvalue estimate. Both inequalities are sharp if and only if the underlying graph is a hypercube. The proofs use well-known semigroup methods as…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-05-22 Shiping Liu , Florentin Münch , Norbert Peyerimhoff