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Volume 18, Issue 1
Finding Cheeger Cuts via 1-Laplacian of Graphs

Wei Zhu

Numer. Math. Theor. Meth. Appl., 18 (2025), pp. 199-225.

Published online: 2025-04

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In this paper, we propose a novel algorithm for finding Cheeger cuts via 1-Laplacian of graphs. In [6], Chang introduced the theory of 1-Laplacian of graphs and built the connection between searching for the Cheeger cut of an undirected and unweighted graph and finding the first nonzero eigenvalue of 1-Laplacian, the latter of which is equivalent to solving a constrained non-convex optimization problem. We develop an alternating direction method of multipliers based algorithm to solve the optimization problem. We also prove that the generated sequence is bounded and it thus has a convergent subsequence. To find the goal optimal solution to the problem, we apply the proposed algorithm using different initial guesses and select the cut with the smallest cut value as the desired cut. Experimental results are presented for typical graphs, including Petersen’s graph and Cockroach graphs, and the well-known Zachary karate club graph.

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05C85, 65K10

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@Article{NMTMA-18-199, author = {Zhu , Wei}, title = {Finding Cheeger Cuts via 1-Laplacian of Graphs}, journal = {Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications}, year = {2025}, volume = {18}, number = {1}, pages = {199--225}, abstract = {

In this paper, we propose a novel algorithm for finding Cheeger cuts via 1-Laplacian of graphs. In [6], Chang introduced the theory of 1-Laplacian of graphs and built the connection between searching for the Cheeger cut of an undirected and unweighted graph and finding the first nonzero eigenvalue of 1-Laplacian, the latter of which is equivalent to solving a constrained non-convex optimization problem. We develop an alternating direction method of multipliers based algorithm to solve the optimization problem. We also prove that the generated sequence is bounded and it thus has a convergent subsequence. To find the goal optimal solution to the problem, we apply the proposed algorithm using different initial guesses and select the cut with the smallest cut value as the desired cut. Experimental results are presented for typical graphs, including Petersen’s graph and Cockroach graphs, and the well-known Zachary karate club graph.

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TY - JOUR T1 - Finding Cheeger Cuts via 1-Laplacian of Graphs AU - Zhu , Wei JO - Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications VL - 1 SP - 199 EP - 225 PY - 2025 DA - 2025/04 SN - 18 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/nmtma.OA-2024-0051 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/nmtma/23947.html KW - Cheeger cuts, 1-Laplacian of graphs, alternating direction method of multipliers. AB -

In this paper, we propose a novel algorithm for finding Cheeger cuts via 1-Laplacian of graphs. In [6], Chang introduced the theory of 1-Laplacian of graphs and built the connection between searching for the Cheeger cut of an undirected and unweighted graph and finding the first nonzero eigenvalue of 1-Laplacian, the latter of which is equivalent to solving a constrained non-convex optimization problem. We develop an alternating direction method of multipliers based algorithm to solve the optimization problem. We also prove that the generated sequence is bounded and it thus has a convergent subsequence. To find the goal optimal solution to the problem, we apply the proposed algorithm using different initial guesses and select the cut with the smallest cut value as the desired cut. Experimental results are presented for typical graphs, including Petersen’s graph and Cockroach graphs, and the well-known Zachary karate club graph.

Zhu , Wei. (2025). Finding Cheeger Cuts via 1-Laplacian of Graphs. Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications. 18 (1). 199-225. doi:10.4208/nmtma.OA-2024-0051
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