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We study entanglement properties of mixed density matrices obtained from combinatorial Laplacians. This is done by introducing the notion of the density matrix of a graph. We characterize the graphs with pure density matrices and show that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Samuel L. Braunstein , Sibasish Ghosh , Simone Severini

It is increasingly common for data to possess intricate structure, necessitating new models and analytical tools. Graphs, a prominent type of structure, can encode the relationships between any two entities (nodes). However, graphs neither…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-04 Madeline Navarro , Andrei Buciulea , Santiago Segarra , Antonio Marques

Simplicial complexes constitute the underlying topology of interacting complex systems including among the others brain and social interaction networks. They are generalized network structures that allow to go beyond the framework of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2020-06-02 Joaquín J. Torres , Ginestra Bianconi

We analyze the time series obtained from different dynamical regimes of the logistic map by constructing their equivalent time series (TS) networks, using the visibility algorithm. The regimes analyzed include both periodic and chaotic…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-07-10 N. Nirmal Thyagu , Nithyanand Rao , Malayaja Chutani , Neelima Gupte

Theoretical development and applications of graph signal processing (GSP) have attracted much attention. In classical GSP, the underlying structures are restricted in terms of dimensionality. A graph is a combinatorial object that models…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-26 Feng Ji , Giacomo Kahn , Wee Peng Tay

Let $G$ be a finite simple graph. The line graph $L(G)$ represents the adjacencies between edges of $G$. We define first the line simplicial complex $\Delta_L(G)$ of $G$ containing Gallai and anti-Gallai simplicial complexes…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2017-08-04 Imran Ahmed , Shahid Muhmood

We provide a short introduction to the field of topological data analysis and discuss its possible relevance for the study of complex systems. Topological data analysis provides a set of tools to characterise the shape of data, in terms of…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2018-12-05 Vsevolod Salnikov , Daniele Cassese , Renaud Lambiotte

Complex numbers define the relationship between entities in many situations. A canonical example would be the off-diagonal terms in a Hamiltonian matrix in quantum physics. Recent years have seen an increasing interest to extend the tools…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Yu Tian , Renaud Lambiotte

This expository article presents a self-contained introduction to simplicial homology for finite simplicial complexes, emphasizing concrete computation and geometric intuition. Beginning with orientations of simplices and the construction…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2025-11-06 Sanjay Mishra

The motivation of this work is to extend the techniques of higher order random walks on simplicial complexes to analyze mixing times of Markov chains for combinatorial problems. Our main result is a sharp upper bound on the second…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-02-07 Vedat Levi Alev , Lap Chi Lau

We consider a nonlinear flow on simplicial complexes related to the simplicial Laplacian, and show that it is a generalization of various consensus and synchronization models commonly studied on networks. In particular, our model allows us…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-06-19 Lee DeVille

We introduce the notion of a "random basic walk" on an infinite graph, give numerous examples, list potential applications, and provide detailed comparisons between the random basic walk and existing generalizations of simple random walks.…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2013-08-06 David White

We review a collection of models of random simplicial complexes together with some of the most exciting phenomena related to them. We do not attempt to cover all existing models, but try to focus on those for which many important results…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-05-04 Omer Bobrowski , Dmitri Krioukov

There is a deep and interesting connection between the topological properties of a graph and the behaviour of the dynamical system defined on it. We analyse various kind of graphs, with different contrasting connectivity or degree…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-01 Barbara Giunti , Vincenzo Perri

Simplicial complexes are gaining increasing scientific attention as they are generalized network structures that can represent the many-body interactions existing in complex systems raging from the brain to high-order social networks.…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2020-07-15 Hanlin Sun , Robert M. Ziff , Ginestra Bianconi

There is a wealth of applied problems that can be posed as a dynamical system defined on a network with both attractive and repulsive interactions. Some examples include: understanding synchronization properties of nonlinear oscillator;,…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2013-03-05 Jared C. Bronski , Lee DeVille

We present an elementary way to transform an expander graph into a simplicial complex where all high order random walks have a constant spectral gap, i.e., they converge rapidly to the stationary distribution. As an upshot, we obtain new…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2019-11-22 Siqi Liu , Sidhanth Mohanty , Elizabeth Yang

The construction of a meaningful graph plays a crucial role in the success of many graph-based representations and algorithms for handling structured data, especially in the emerging field of graph signal processing. However, a meaningful…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-02-23 Xiaowen Dong , Dorina Thanou , Pascal Frossard , Pierre Vandergheynst

Random shapes arise naturally in many contexts. The topological and geometric structure of such objects is interesting for its own sake, and also for applications. In physics, for example, such objects arise naturally in quantum gravity, in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-07-26 Matthew Kahle

We consider a random walk on a discrete connected graph having some infinite branches plus finitely many vertices with finite degrees. We find the generator of a strong stationary dual in the sense of Fill, and use it to find some…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-02-16 Guillaume Copros