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We prove that the (divisorial) gonality of a finite connected graph is lower bounded by its treewidth. We show that equality holds for grid graphs and complete multipartite graphs. We prove that the treewidth lower bound also holds for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-01-04 Josse van Dobben de Bruyn , Dion Gijswijt

We consider branched quantum wires, whose connection rules provide PT-symmetry for the Schrodinger equation on graph. For such PT-symmetric quantum graph we derive general boundary conditions which keep the Hamiltonian as PT-symmetric with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-11 D. U. Matrasulov , K. K. Sabirov , J. R. Yusupov

We address the question of convergence of Schr\"odinger operators on metric graphs with general self-adjoint vertex conditions as lengths of some of graph's edges shrink to zero. We determine the limiting operator and study convergence in a…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2019-10-23 Gregory Berkolaiko , Yuri Latushkin , Selim Sukhtaiev

Based on the main result presented in a recent paper, we derive Ambarzumian-type theorems for Schr\"odinger operators defined on quantum graphs. We recover existing results such as the classical theorem by Ambarzumian and establish some…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2024-05-07 Patrizio Bifulco , Joachim Kerner

Courant theorem provides an upper bound for the number of nodal domains of eigenfunctions of a wide class of Laplacian-type operators. In particular, it holds for generic eigenfunctions of quantum graph. The theorem stipulates that, after…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-03-06 Ram Band , Gregory Berkolaiko , Hillel Raz , Uzy Smilansky

Urschel introduced a notion of nodal partitioning to prove an upper bound on the number of nodal decomposition of discrete Laplacian eigenvectors. The result is an analogue to the well-known Courant's nodal domain theorem on continuous…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-04-21 Hiranya Kishore Dey , Soumyajit Saha

End-spaces of infinite graphs naturally generalise the Freudenthal boundary and sit at the interface between graph theory, geometric group theory and topology. Our main result is that every end-space can topologically be represented by a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-02 Jan Kurkofka , Max Pitz

In this thesis, we study Laplacian eigenfunctions on metric graphs, also known as quantum graphs. We restrict the discussion to standard quantum graphs. These are finite connected metric graphs with functions that satisfy Neumann vertex…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-10-08 Lior Alon

We prove a tropical analogue of the theorem of Hurwitz: a leafless metric graph of genus $g \ge 2$ has at most $12$ automorphisms when $g = 2$; $2^g g!$ automorphisms when $g \ge 3$. These inequalities are optimal; for each genus, we give…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-10-13 Yusuke Nakamura , JuAe Song

We continue the study of the quantum channel version of Shannon's zero-error capacity problem. We generalize the celebrated Haemers bound to noncommutative graphs (obtained from quantum channels). We prove basic properties of this bound,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-10 Sander Gribling , Yinan Li

We investigate the equidistribution of the eigenfunctions on quantum graphs in the high-energy limit. Our main result is an estimate of the deviations from equidistribution for large well-connected graphs. We use an exact field-theoretic…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Gnutzmann , J. P. Keating , F. Piotet

We obtain new lower bounds for the independence number of $K_r$-free graphs and linear $k$-uniform hypergraphs in terms of the degree sequence. This answers some old questions raised by Caro and Tuza \cite{CT91}. Our proof technique is an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-02-25 Kunal Dutta , Dhruv Mubayi , C. R. Subramanian

Haviv ({\em European Journal of Combinatorics}, 2019) has recently proved that some topological lower bounds on the chromatic number of graphs are also lower bounds on their orthogonality dimension over $\mathbb{R}$. We show that this holds…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-10-14 Meysam Alishahi , Frédéric Meunier

We present an infinite sequence of finite graphs with trivial automorphism group and non-trivial quantum automorphism group. These are the first known examples of graphs with this property. Moreover, to the best of our knowledge, these are…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2025-11-12 Josse van Dobben de Bruyn , David E. Roberson , Simon Schmidt

Courcelle's Theorem is an important result in graph theory, proving the existence of linear-time algorithms for many decision problems on graphs whose tree-width is bounded by a constant. The purpose of this text is twofold: to provide an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-05-03 Adrian Rettich

We initiate a systematic study of quantum properties of finite graphs, namely, quantum asymmetry, quantum symmetry, and quantum isomorphism. We define the Schmidt alternative for a class of graphs, which reveals to be a useful tool for…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2024-05-09 Paul Meunier

We consider the difference between the two lowest eigenvalues (the fundamental gap) of a Schr\"{o}dinger operator acting on a class of graphs. In particular, we derive tight bounds for the gap of Schr\"{o}dinger operators with convex…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-06-02 Michael Jarret , Stephen P. Jordan

We study ratios of eigenvalues of the Laplacian on compact metric graphs. Our goals are threefold: First, we prove a sharp Ashbaugh--Benguria-type bound for the ratio of the first two eigenvalues on compact trees with Dirichlet conditions…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-30 Evans M. Harrell , James B. Kennedy , Gabriel J. Ramos

The nodal domains of eigenvectors of the discrete Schrodinger operator on simple, finite and connected graphs are considered. Courant's well known nodal domain theorem applies in the present case, and sets an upper bound to the number of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-03-06 Gregory Berkolaiko , Hillel Raz , Uzy Smilansky

We establish metric graph counterparts of Pleijel's theorem on the asymptotics of the number of nodal domains $\nu_n$ of the $n$-th eigenfunction(s) of a broad class of operators on compact metric graphs, including Schr\"odinger operators…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2021-11-03 Matthias Hofmann , James B. Kennedy , Delio Mugnolo , Marvin Plümer