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A Universal upper bound on Graph Diameter based on Laplacian Eigenvalues

Discrete Mathematics 2012-12-13 v1 Combinatorics Probability

Abstract

We prove that the diameter of any unweighted connected graph G is O(k log n/lambda_k), for any k>= 2. Here, lambda_k is the k smallest eigenvalue of the normalized laplacian of G. This solves a problem posed by Gil Kalai.

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@article{arxiv.1212.2701,
  title  = {A Universal upper bound on Graph Diameter based on Laplacian Eigenvalues},
  author = {Shayan Oveis Gharan and Luca Trevisan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.2701},
  year   = {2012}
}
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