The step matrix of sequential averaging: entries and weighted sums #
Helpers for Averaging.Sequential: the entries of W(i, j) = I - (eᵢ - eⱼ)(eᵢ - eⱼ)ᵀ / 2
(Survey, equation (2)), its action on a state, its symmetry and idempotence, the weighted sum
∑ᵢⱼ Qᵢⱼ W(i, j) for an arbitrary weight matrix Q (the common computation behind equation (4)
and the uniform-edge identity), and sums over the darts of a graph as sums over adjacent pairs.
The entries of W(i, j): δₐᵦ - (δₐᵢ - δₐⱼ)(δᵦᵢ - δᵦⱼ) / 2.
W(i, j) is symmetric.
Averaging the same edge twice is averaging it once.
W(i, j) is idempotent.
The weighted sum ∑ᵢⱼ Qᵢⱼ W(i, j), entrywise: the total weight times I, minus half of
D̄ - Q - Qᵀ with D̄ₐₐ = ∑ⱼ (Qₐⱼ + Qⱼₐ).
∑_{darts} W(d), entrywise: 2m I - L.
The squared norm after one step is the quadratic form of W: ‖W x‖² = xᵀ W x, since
W is a symmetric projection.
The average of W(d) x over a uniformly random dart is (I - L/(2m)) x.