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Weak Kantorovich difference and associated Ricci curvature of hypergraphs

Tomoya Akamatsu
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Ollivier and Lin--Lu--Yau established the theory of graph Ricci curvature (LLY curvature) via optimal transport on graphs. Ikeda--Kitabeppu--Takai--Uehara introduced a new distance called the Kantorovich difference on hypergraphs and generalized the LLY curvature to hypergraphs (IKTU curvature). As the LLY curvature can be represented by the graph Laplacian by Münch--Wojciechowski, Ikeda--Kitabeppu--Takai--Uehara conjectured that the IKTU curvature has a similar expression in terms of the hypergraph Laplacian. In this paper, we introduce a variant of the Kantorovich difference inspired by the above conjecture and study the Ricci curvature associated with this distance ($\mathsf{wIKTU}$ curvature). Moreover, for hypergraphs with a specific structure, we analyze a quantity $\mathcal{C}(x,y)$ at two distinct vertices $x,y$ defined by using the hypergraph Laplacian. If the resolvent operator converges uniformly to the identity, then $\mathcal{C}(x,y)$ coincides with the $\mathsf{wIKTU}$ curvature along $x,y$.

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Tomoya Akamatsu. 2023-06-25. Weak Kantorovich difference and associated Ricci curvature of hypergraphs. https://doi.org/10.21099/tkbjm%2F20244801131

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