Asymptotics of the graph laplacian near an isolated singularity
Abstract
In this paper, we investigate asymptotics of the continuous graph Laplace operator on a smooth Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ admitting an isolated singularity $x$. We show that if the curvature function $κ$ doesn't grow too fast near $x$, then the graph Laplace operator at $x$ converges to the weighted Laplace-Beltrami operator as the bandwidth $t\downarrow 0.$ On the other hand, we also prove that if one locally modifies a given Riemannian metric across $x$ by a non-constant \textit{purely angular }conformal factor, then $κ$ grows too fast and the graph Laplace operator behaves like $O(\frac{1}{\sqrt{t}})$ near $x$, as $t\downarrow 0$, given a mild condition on the angular conformal factor. We provide the Taylor expansion of the graph Laplace operator as $t\downarrow 0$ in specific cases. Numerical simulations at the end illustrate our results.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows
Numerical methods in inverse problems
Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Applied Mathematics in Science and Engineering
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 1
- Publication date
- 16 July 2026
- Language
- EN