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A Cheeger inequality for graphs based on a reflection principle

Spectral Theory 2020-07-15 v4 Classical Analysis and ODEs Combinatorics

Abstract

Given a graph with a designated set of boundary vertices, we define a new notion of a Neumann Laplace operator on a graph using a reflection principle. We show that the first eigenvalue of this Neumann graph Laplacian satisfies a Cheeger inequality.

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@article{arxiv.1902.06633,
  title  = {A Cheeger inequality for graphs based on a reflection principle},
  author = {Edward Gelernt and Diana Halikias and Charles Kenney and Nicholas F. Marshall},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.06633},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

11 pages, 4 figures

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