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Eigenvalues of Graphs and Sobolev Inequalities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2008

F. R. K. Chung
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 E-mail: chung@math.upenn.edu
S.-T. Yau
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Abstract

We derive bounds for eigenvalues of the Laplacian of graphs using discrete versions of the Sobolev inequalities and heat kernel estimates.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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