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We propose a new graph kernel for graph classification and comparison using Ollivier Ricci curvature. The Ricci curvature of an edge in a graph describes the connectivity in the local neighborhood. An edge in a densely connected…

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In the present work, we study the properties of biological networks by applying analogous notions of fundamental concepts in Riemannian geometry and optimal mass transport to discrete networks described by weighted graphs. Specifically, we…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2017-12-11 Maryam Pouryahya , James Mathews , Allen Tannenbaum

We present a notion of super Ricci flow for time-dependent finite weighted graphs. A challenging feature is that these flows typically encounter singularities where the underlying graph structure changes. Our notion is robust enough to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-05-18 Matthias Erbar , Eva Kopfer

Networks with higher-order interactions, prevalent in biological, social, and information systems, are naturally represented as hypergraphs, yet their structural complexity poses fundamental challenges for geometric characterization. While…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-05 Shiyi Yang , Can Chen , Didong Li

This paper presents a new look at the neural network (NN) robustness problem, from the point of view of graph theory analysis, specifically graph curvature. Graph curvature (e.g., Ricci curvature) has been used to analyze system dynamics…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Shuhang Tan , Jayson Sia , Paul Bogdan , Radoslav Ivanov

In this paper, we introduce a new notion of curvature on the edges of a graph that is defined in terms of effective resistances. We call this the Ricci--Foster curvature. We study the Ricci flow resulting from this curvature. We prove the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-03-05 Aleyah Dawkins , Vishal Gupta , Mark Kempton , William Linz , Jeremy Quail , Harry Richman , Zachary Stier

The connection between curvature and topology is a very well-studied theme in the subject of differential geometry. By suitably defining curvature on networks, the study of this theme has been extended into the domain of network analysis as…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-07-10 Sathyanarayanan Rengaswami , Theodora Bourni , Vasileios Maroulas

This study introduces the Lower Ricci Curvature (LRC), a novel, scalable, and scale-free discrete curvature designed to enhance community detection in networks. Addressing the computational challenges posed by existing curvature-based…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-01-30 Yun Jin Park , Didong Li

Graph neural networks (GNNs) have achieved great success in many graph-based tasks. Much work is dedicated to empowering GNNs with the adaptive locality ability, which enables measuring the importance of neighboring nodes to the target node…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-01 Haifeng Li , Jun Cao , Jiawei Zhu , Yu Liu , Qing Zhu , Guohua Wu

In this paper, we consider the Ricci flow with prescribed curvature on the finite graph $G=(V,E)$. For any $e$ in $E$, $$\frac{d\omega(t,e)}{dt} = -(\kappa(t,e)-\kappa^*(e))\omega(t,e), t > 0,$$ where $\omega$ is the weight function,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Yong Lin , Shuang Liu

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 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

The notion of curvature on graphs has recently gained traction in the networks community, with the Ollivier-Ricci curvature (ORC) in particular being used for several tasks in network analysis, such as community detection. In this work, we…

We have performed an empirical comparison of two distinct notions of discrete Ricci curvature for graphs or networks, namely, the Forman-Ricci curvature and Ollivier-Ricci curvature. Importantly, these two discretizations of the Ricci…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-06-12 Areejit Samal , R. P. Sreejith , Jiao Gu , Shiping Liu , Emil Saucan , Jürgen Jost

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

Graph neural network (GNN) has been demonstrated powerful in modeling graph-structured data. However, despite many successful cases of applying GNNs to various graph classification and prediction tasks, whether the graph geometrical…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-20 Dai Shi , Yi Guo , Zhiqi Shao , Junbin Gao

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

We establish a Harnack inequality for finite connected graphs with non-negative Ricci curvature. As a consequence, we derive an eigenvalue lower bound, extending previous results for Ricci flat graphs.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-07-30 Fan Chung , Yong Lin , Shing-Tung Yau

Topological data analysis can reveal higher-order structure beyond pairwise connections between vertices in complex networks. We present a new method based on discrete Morse theory to study topological properties of unweighted and…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2019-10-01 Harish Kannan , Emil Saucan , Indrava Roy , Areejit Samal

Describing the basic properties of road network systems, such as their robustness, vulnerability, and reliability, has been a very important research topic in the field of urban transportation. Current research mainly uses several…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-06-26 Lei Gao , Xingquan Liu , Yu Liu , Pu Wang , Min Deng , Qing Zhu , Haifeng Li