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Matlab implementation of PCA on a graph
function X = graph_pca(A, k)
% A: the adjacency matrix of a graph
% k: the number of dimensions to reduce to
%
% Calculates the ECTD-preserving PCA of the graph given by A.
% See http://outobox.cs.umn.edu/PCA_on_a_Graph.pdf for background.
L = diag(sum(A)) - A;
Lp = pinv(L);
[U, E] = eigs(Lp, k);
X = E.^(1/2) * U';
endfunction
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So this is actually a very silly and inefficient way to do this, since inv(eigs(L)) == eigs(pinv(L)). Inverting L, which is mad expensive, is not actually necessary. See the python version for an improvement.

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