The zig-zag product of rotation maps #
The zig-zag product G.zigzag H of a D-regular graph G with a graph H on the labels D
of G is a graph on V × D with the square of the degree of H
Reingold, Vadhan and Wigderson, Section 3
Arora and Barak, Section 21.3
Hoory, Linial and Wigderson, Section 9.3:
λ(G ⓩ H) ≤ λ(G) + λ(H) + λ(H) ^ 2 and λ(G ⓩ H) ≤ 1 - (1 - λ(G)) (1 - λ(H)) ^ 2.
The zig-zag theorem is proved as in
Reingold, Vadhan and Wigderson, Section 4.1. The walk operator of
G ⓩ H is B̃ Ã B̃, where B̃ = I ⊗ W_H is the walk on the copies {v} × D of H, the walk
operator of (loops V Unit).tensor H, and à permutes the vertices by the rotation map of G. A
function on V × D splits into its averages over the copies of H and a part of average zero on
every copy; B̃ fixes the first and shrinks the second by λ(H), while on the first à acts as
the walk on G. This bounds 𝔼 h · W f for every h and every f of expectation zero, and with
h = W f it bounds W f: as λ is an operator norm, no eigenvectors are needed.
Main definitions #
Cslib.RotationMap.zigzagRot: the underlying functional rotation program, shared with its efficiency certificate.Cslib.RotationMap.zigzag: the zig-zag productG ⓩ H.
Main results #
Cslib.RotationMap.walk_zigzag: the walk operator ofG ⓩ HisB̃ Ã B̃.Cslib.RotationMap.spectralExpansion_zigzag_le: the zig-zag theorem,λ(G ⓩ H) ≤ λ(G) + λ(H) + λ(H) ^ 2.Cslib.RotationMap.spectralExpansion_zigzag_le_one_sub,Cslib.RotationMap.spectralExpansion_zigzag_lt_one: the zig-zag product of two expanders is an expander.
References #
The zig-zag product G ⓩ H
Reingold, Vadhan and Wigderson, Definition 3.1
Hoory, Linial and Wigderson, Section 9.3 of a D-regular graph G on
V with a graph H on the labels D of G. Its vertices are the pairs (v, k), the k-th edge
at v, grouped into the cloud {v} × D of v, and its labels are pairs of labels of H. The edge
(i, j) at (v, k) takes the edge i of H from k to k' inside the cloud ("zig"), crosses
the k'-th edge of G from v to (w, ℓ'), where it is the ℓ'-th edge at w, and takes the
edge j of H from ℓ' to ℓ inside the cloud of w ("zag"), ending at (w, ℓ).
Instances For
The rotation map of G ⓩ H
Reingold, Vadhan and Wigderson, Definition 3.1: with
(k', i') = H.rot (k, i), (w, ℓ') = G.rot (v, k') and (ℓ, j') = H.rot (ℓ', j), the edge
(i, j) at (v, k) is the edge (j', i') at (w, ℓ).
The neighbors in G ⓩ H: a step in H, a step in G, and a step in H.
The walk operator of G ⓩ H is B̃ Ã B̃
Reingold, Vadhan and Wigderson, Section 4.1, where B̃ = I ⊗ W_H is
the walk operator of H on every cloud and à is the permutation of the vertices V × D by the
rotation map of G.
The zig-zag theorem
Reingold, Vadhan and Wigderson, Theorem 3.2
Hoory, Linial and Wigderson, Section 9.3: the spectral expansion of
G ⓩ H is at most λ(G) + λ(H) + λ(H) ^ 2.
The spectral expansion of G ⓩ H is at most 1 - (1 - λ(G)) (1 - λ(H)) ^ 2: the zig-zag
product of two expanders is an expander. This form of the bound is useful when λ(G) and
λ(H) are close to 1.
The zig-zag product of two graphs of spectral expansion less than 1 has spectral expansion
less than 1 Reingold, Vadhan and Wigderson, Theorem 3.2.