Frames and factorization of graph Laplacians

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Abstract: Using functions from electrical networks (graphs with resistors assigned to edges), we prove existence (with explicit formulas) of a canonical Parseval frame in the energy Hilbert space mathscrHE of a prescribed infinite (or finite) network. Outside degenerate cases, our Parseval frame is not an orthonormal basis. We apply our frame to prove a number of explicit results: With our Parseval frame and related closable operators in mathscrHE we characterize the Friedrichs extension of the mathscrHE-graph Laplacian. We consider infinite connected network-graphs G=left(V,Eight), V for vertices, and emph{E} for edges. To every conductance function c on the edges E of G, there is an associated pair left(mathscrHE,Deltaight) where mathscrHE in an energy Hilbert space, and Deltaleft(=Deltacight) is the c-Graph Laplacian; both depending on the choice of conductance function c. When a conductance function is given, there is a current-induced orientation on the set of edges and an associated natural Parseval frame in mathscrHE consisting of dipoles. Now Delta is a well-defined semibounded Hermitian operator in both of the Hilbert l2left(Vight) and mathscrHE. It is known to automatically be essentially selfadjoint as an l2left(Vight)-operator, but generally not as an mathscrHE operator. Hence as an mathscrHE operator it has a Friedrichs extension. In this paper we offer two results for the Friedrichs extension: a characterization and a factorization. The latter is via l2left(Vight).




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