Metric graphs, cross ratios, and Rayleigh's laws

DOI10.1216/RMJ.2022.52.1403arXiv1810.02638WikidataQ114846375 ScholiaQ114846375MaRDI QIDQ6307754FDOQ6307754

Publication date: 5 October 2018

Abstract: We study a notion of cross ratios on metric graphs and electrical networks. We show that several known results immediately follow from the basic properties of cross ratios. We show that the projection matrices of Kirchhoff have nice (and efficiently computable) expressions in terms of cross ratios. Finally we prove a very general version of Rayleigh's law, relating energy pairings and cross ratios before and after contracting an edge segment. As a corollary, we obtain a quantitative version of Rayleigh's monotonicity law for effective resistances. Another consequence is an explicit description of the behavior of the potential kernel of the Laplacian operator under contractions.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and linear algebra (matrices, eigenvalues, etc.) (05C50) Applications of graph theory (05C90) Small world graphs, complex networks (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C82) Combinatorial aspects of tropical varieties (14T15) Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) Distance in graphs (05C12) Analytic circuit theory (94C05)

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