86 research outputs found
Network synchronization: Spectral versus statistical properties
We consider synchronization of weighted networks, possibly with asymmetrical
connections. We show that the synchronizability of the networks cannot be
directly inferred from their statistical properties. Small local changes in the
network structure can sensitively affect the eigenvalues relevant for
synchronization, while the gross statistical network properties remain
essentially unchanged. Consequently, commonly used statistical properties,
including the degree distribution, degree homogeneity, average degree, average
distance, degree correlation, and clustering coefficient, can fail to
characterize the synchronizability of networks
Sufficient conditions for super k-restricted edge connectivity in graphs of diameter 2
AbstractFor a connected graph G=(V,E), an edge set S⊆E is a k-restricted edge cut if G−S is disconnected and every component of G−S has at least k vertices. The k-restricted edge connectivity of G, denoted by λk(G), is defined as the cardinality of a minimum k-restricted edge cut. Let ξk(G)=min{|[X,X¯]|:|X|=k,G[X]is connected}. G is λk-optimal if λk(G)=ξk(G). Moreover, G is super-λk if every minimum k-restricted edge cut of G isolates one connected subgraph of order k. In this paper, we prove that if |NG(u)∩NG(v)|≥2k−1 for all pairs u, v of nonadjacent vertices, then G is λk-optimal; and if |NG(u)∩NG(v)|≥2k for all pairs u, v of nonadjacent vertices, then G is either super-λk or in a special class of graphs. In addition, for k-isoperimetric edge connectivity, which is closely related with the concept of k-restricted edge connectivity, we show similar results
Minimally 3-restricted edge connected graphs
AbstractFor a connected graph G=(V,E), an edge set S⊂E is a 3-restricted edge cut if G−S is disconnected and every component of G−S has order at least three. The cardinality of a minimum 3-restricted edge cut of G is the 3-restricted edge connectivity of G, denoted by λ3(G). A graph G is called minimally 3-restricted edge connected if λ3(G−e)<λ3(G) for each edge e∈E. A graph G is λ3-optimal if λ3(G)=ξ3(G), where ξ3(G)=max{ω(U):U⊂V(G),G[U] is connected,|U|=3}, ω(U) is the number of edges between U and V∖U, and G[U] is the subgraph of G induced by vertex set U. We show in this paper that a minimally 3-restricted edge connected graph is always λ3-optimal except the 3-cube
Constructing highly regular expanders from hyperbolic Coxeter groups
A graph is defined inductively to be -regular if
is -regular and for every vertex of , the sphere of radius
around is an -regular graph. Such a graph is said
to be highly regular (HR) of level if . Chapman, Linial and
Peled studied HR-graphs of level 2 and provided several methods to construct
families of graphs which are expanders "globally and locally". They ask whether
such HR-graphs of level 3 exist.
In this paper we show how the theory of Coxeter groups, and abstract regular
polytopes and their generalisations, can lead to such graphs. Given a Coxeter
system and a subset of , we construct highly regular quotients
of the 1-skeleton of the associated Wythoffian polytope ,
which form an infinite family of expander graphs when is indefinite and
has finite vertex links. The regularity of the graphs in
this family can be deduced from the Coxeter diagram of . The expansion
stems from applying superapproximation to the congruence subgroups of the
linear group .
This machinery gives a rich collection of families of HR-graphs, with various
interesting properties, and in particular answers affirmatively the question
asked by Chapman, Linial and Peled.Comment: 22 pages, 2 tables. Dedicated to the memory of John Conway and Ernest
Vinber
Computing JSJ decompositions of hyperbolic groups
We present an algorithm that computes Bowditch's canonical JSJ decomposition of a given one-ended hyperbolic group over its virtually cyclic subgroups. The algorithm works by identifying topological features in the boundary of the group. As a corollary we also show how to compute the JSJ decomposition of such a group over its virtually cyclic subgroups with infinite centre. We also give a new algorithm that determines whether or not a given one-ended hyperbolic group is virtually fuchsian. Our approach uses only the geometry of large balls in the Cayley graph and avoids Makanin's algorithm
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