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2011 Ricci curvature of graphs
Yong Lin, Linyuan Lu, Shing-Tung Yau
Tohoku Math. J. (2) 63(4): 605-627 (2011). DOI: 10.2748/tmj/1325886283
Abstract

We modify the definition of Ricci curvature of Ollivier of Markov chains on graphs to study the properties of the Ricci curvature of general graphs, Cartesian product of graphs, random graphs, and some special class of graphs.

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Yong Lin, Linyuan Lu, and Shing-Tung Yau "Ricci curvature of graphs," Tohoku Mathematical Journal 63(4), 605-627, (2011). https://doi.org/10.2748/tmj/1325886283
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