Scaled Gromov hyperbolic graphs

In this paper, the δ-hyperbolic concept, originally developed for infinite graphs, is adapted to very large but finite graphs. Such graphs can indeed exhibit properties typical of negatively curved spaces, yet the traditional δ-hyperbolic concept, which requires existence of an upper bound on the fatness δ of the geodesic triangles, is unable to capture those properties, as any finite graph has finite δ. Here the idea is to scale δ relative to the diameter of the geodesic triangles and use the Cartan-AlexandrovToponogov (CAT) theory to derive the thresholding value of δ/diam below which the geometry has negative curvature properties.

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