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Record Nr.

UNINA9910165139203321

Autore

Obata Nobuaki

Titolo

Spectral analysis of growing graphs : a quantum probability point of view / / by Nobuaki Obata

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

981-10-3506-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 138 p. 22 illus., 9 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics, , 2197-1757 ; ; 20

Disciplina

515.7222

Soggetti

Mathematical physics

Probabilities

Graph theory

Mathematical Physics

Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

Graph Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Graphs and Matrices -- 2. Spectra of Finite Graphs -- 3. Spectral Distributions of Graphs -- 4. Orthogonal Polynomials and Fock Spaces -- 5. Analytic Theory of Moments -- 6. Method of Quantum Decomposition -- 7. Graph Products and Asymptotics -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is designed as a concise introduction to the recent achievements on spectral analysis of graphs or networks from the point of view of quantum (or non-commutative) probability theory. The main topics are spectral distributions of the adjacency matrices of finite or infinite graphs and their limit distributions for growing graphs. The main vehicle is quantum probability, an algebraic extension of the traditional probability theory, which provides a new framework for the analysis of adjacency matrices revealing their non-commutative nature. For example, the method of quantum decomposition makes it possible to study spectral distributions by means of interacting Fock spaces or equivalently by orthogonal polynomials. Various concepts of independence in quantum probability and corresponding central limit theorems are used for the asymptotic study of spectral distributions for



product graphs. This book is written for researchers, teachers, and students interested in graph spectra, their (asymptotic) spectral distributions, and various ideas and methods on the basis of quantum probability. It is also useful for a quick introduction to quantum probability and for an analytic basis of orthogonal polynomials.