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Spectral properties of the non-backtracking matrix of a graph

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arxiv 2011.09385 v1 pith:6KN5KHG2 submitted 2020-11-18 math.CO

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We investigate the spectrum of the non-backtracking matrix of a graph. In particular, we show how to obtain eigenvectors of the non-backtracking matrix in terms of eigenvectors of a smaller matrix. Furthermore, we find an expression for the eigenvalues of the non-backtracking matrix in terms of eigenvalues of the adjacency matrix and use this to upper-bound the spectral radius of the non-backtracking matrix and to give a lower bound on the spectrum. We also investigate properties of a graph that can be determined by the spectrum. Specifically, we prove that the number of components, the number of degree 1 vertices, and whether or not the graph is bipartite are all determined by the spectrum of the non-backtracking matrix.

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