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Algebraic properties of generalized graph Laplacians: resistor networks, critical groups, and homological algebra. (English) Zbl 1387.05153
##### MSC:
 05C50 Graphs and linear algebra (matrices, eigenvalues, etc.) 05C76 Graph operations (line graphs, products, etc.) 18G15 Ext and Tor, generalizations, Künneth formula (category-theoretic aspects) 39A12 Discrete version of topics in analysis 94C05 Analytic circuit theory
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